According to yahoo, Bengals tied with Giants for 18th best QB options in the NFL

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(06-30-2017, 11:04 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Andy Dalton gets a 3 or 4 spot reduction just because he's a Bengal. Like it or not, fair or unfair that's just how it is !

Outside of the Cincinnati area and our site and other die hard fans the Bengals still get a little snicker from most folks when they're mentioned. We're probably a rung above league laughing stock, but just barely.

And until we can beat Pittsburgh and win a couple playoff games, especially the Super Bowl we're (Dalton included) going to get no respect.

The Bengals have beaten Pittsburgh three times in the past six seasons (3-10 including playoffs). Sure, it's not a winning record against them, but it's not like it hasn't happened since Dalton became QB.

The only thing that matters is Dalton being the QB when the Bengals win playoff games. Yes, plural. If the Bengals win just one, it will be fantastic for the Bengals fans and team itself, but the rest of the NFL won't all of a sudden put Dalton up on the next tier until he does it multiple times.

IMO Dalton will need to make the AFC championship game before he's being discussed with the likes of Newton, Stafford, etc.