Good article on MMQB this morning ....

[*ochocincos*]

(05-04-2017, 10:32 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Ugh. You're right. Teams are going to bring the heat early to see how this patchwork line handles it.


I was mostly irritated that I clicked the link fully expecting a good article from MMQB on Ross/Mixon, and instead was treated to a thinly-disguised Dalton smear article regurgitating the same tired narratives about arm strength and where he was drafted. As if either of those things ever stopped Brady, Montana or Brees.

While Dalton has not been a Top 5 QB, what do these media guys expect? Who should have been taken in 2011 instead of Dalton? The only QB better than Dalton from the 2011 class has been Newton, who went #1 overall. They could have taken Kaepernick instead of Dalton but Kaepernick only had about two decent seasons and is now out of the league. Some might blame that on him not standing for the National Anthem, but he was already regressing as a QB before the National Anthem decision.

The media shouldn't say the Bengals should have taken Russell Wilson in 2012 because Dalton had a solid rookie season and took a team to the playoffs that many believed would win maybe two games.

The media shouldn't say the Bengals should have taken Derek Carr when Andy just came off nearly a 4300 passing yard, 33 passing TD season. He was clearly showing signs of further improvement by that point.

The media shouldn't say the Bengals should have taken Dak Prescott because he was not projected to be near the kind of QB he showed last year.

Sorry, media. The fact is finding a very good QB is extremely difficult and many teams continue to be in a QB carousel because of it. Many teams would kill to have the QB situation the Bengals have.