Dalton haters?

[BengalChris]

(10-09-2017, 08:29 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Ok, so maybe I was a week premature in my "Dalton deserves more credit" thread.  

A lot of folks slammed him and me by saying that it shouldn't count for anything because he did it against the Browns and he lost to the Packers so that is all that mattered.  

Dalton might have been a bit high on one of those INTs, but the other was 100% Green.  He hit Carter for a wide open big play that Carter dropped.  If you add those as receptions, Dalton would have been near 400 yards passing.  He did this against the #1 ranked defense in the NFL.

He got a cheap shot from a former teammate (Hope that asshole gets fined) and he rolled his ankle in another play, but he hobbled through it and won the game.  

Mixon is starting to find his groove, and some key weapons (Ross, for one) should be back for the next game.  The rotational offensive line, though somewhat curious, seems to be working.  That last drive in the fourth quarter was awesome.  Something that we usually went in to a shell and gave the ball back after three unsuccessful run plays.  The defense is amazing.  I said they might not give up more than 20 points in a game the rest of the year and they are showing the league that all they were missing was a pass rush.  

Piggy had a glorious 5 INT day and they got hammered by Jax.  So, what I had said could happen with a loss to the Chiefs has already happened.  At the very worst, the Bengals will be facing them with a 2-3 record and the steelers would be 4-2, with a potential to be 3-3 after playing the Chiefs.

The season wasn't over.  It wasn't an ideal start, but they are right back in the thick of it.

Are there really any Dalton haters?

I know people were questioning him after that opening game with 0 TDs and 4 INTs and the following week of 0 TDs by the offense. Both home games where stats people had to go back decades to find a worst start by a team opening with two games at home. But opening with two games at home and just blowing chunks all over the field really put the fans off and like or not Dalton was at the center of that since it was the offense that was so horrible.

But is questioning if Dalton is the right guy the same as hating him? I don't think it is.

I never thought Bernard should have been the starting RB and I don't like it when they have him run it between tackles. But I don't hate him. I just wish he'd be used more along the lines of his skills.

I didn't and still don't like the Ross pick at #9, but I don't blame Ross for that. I hope he proves to be a reliable, healthy player who lives up to his draft position. But not liking him being picked at #9 doesn't mean I hate him.