Could a bad 2017 season end the Dalton era?

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(09-14-2017, 01:00 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: As I posted, the Bengals haven't traded McCarron because he will be their QB. They are going to make Dalton the scapegoat and trade or waive him in the offseason.

No, they're not. They haven't traded McCarron because they feel that if Dalton got injured, we wouldn't miss a beat by putting in AJ (not saying that's true or not, just how I believe they think). If this season turns out bad, they aren't going to scapegoat Dalton, they'll blame the OL and/or injuries and/or whatever else they can think to do, but they certainly aren't going to scapegoat a player.

Even if Lewis leaves, they would not scapegoat him, so they certainly wouldn't scapegoat Dalton.

IMO, worst case scernario is that if Dalton has a poor season, they give McCarron a chance to win the job next pre-season.