10-09-2017, 04:10 PM
(10-09-2017, 02:35 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Dalton has always been a good QB, period. Better since 2015 of course, but he's always been good.
Good QB's have bad days. People just need to come to grips with that. You name me any QB in any season, and I'll show you at least a couple bad games. Possibly 3-4 or more depending on the season. There is no QB who is always good, all the time.
I just wish people would accept Dalton as what he is. Not elite (top 5) but very good (top 12ish). Stop redefining his legacy with every throw, every game. If he throws a 50 yard rope on the run, it doesn't make him Aaron Rodgers. If he tosses a few high and has an off game, it doesn't mean he's a scrub. Ever since we drafted this guy, literally everything has been overreaction city. I've never seen a more scrutinized player in my entire life.
Being good every single game time and being a good or great QB do not go hand in hand. I get it that AD is going to have some bad games. All players do.
Andy was horrific the first 2 games of this season and it cost the team 2 wins. Andy has had horrifically... catastrophically... historically bad games. Not every Qb has games that are THAT bad THAT often. Hes been inconsistent with wild swings in performance like this every season he's been in the league with the EXCEPTION of 2015. 2015 is NOT the RULE it's the EXCEPTION. This season and last clearly prove that. He was the iceberg into the Titanic the first 2 games, okay in the 2nd (1 good half, 1 crap half), and great against the Browns and Bills. That's really easy to understand.
I think your last statement is sensationalizing. There have been a lot of players more scrutinized than Andy Dalton. That's incredibly sensitive. Some people have an ax to grind, yes, but others have an ax they keep trying to polish. It goes both ways.
Hell, just in Cincinnati, Joey Votto is a MUCH better baseball player than Andy Dalton is a QB and a lot of the fans here have spent most of his career crapping all over the guy.
Personally, I would NEVER boo Andy Dalton. I think he's an awesome person and a really good, but inconsistent QB. Besides, I don't see how booing him helps him to play any better. I feel like he's just going to keep getting better and break through, but that doesn't mean I'm going to talk as if he has. He's just now in his prime. He can improve.
