10-29-2017, 11:05 PM
(10-29-2017, 10:33 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Blake Bortles had 330 yards and a 124.7 rating against that same D. When they still had a couple of their best players too. He is probably a straight up beast. Who was that trash ass back up they were close to benching him for this year?
When he has a clean pocket and a wide open pass catcher there is a decent chance Dalton will throw a catchable pass. Boy we are lucky to have such a great QB.
If only we could play the browns and colts every week. Daltons stats would be sick
The Jags ran for 188 and Bortles was barely touched (1 sack for 0 yards) all game. Apples to oranges.
You're really being silly with some of this. Nobody is saying Dalton needs a squeaky clean pocket 100% of the time, with WIDE open receivers...but we are a LONG way from that. We just need a line that isn't competing for "worst in NFL history" and receivers who are open "sometimes" (the quick pressure is also to blame for that...as receivers don't have time to finish routes).
The stuff we saw today (big play on a screen, AJ and Malone got open for the TD's) is something other teams see every damn week (without the 20 pressures and 2.0 yards per carry). In Cincy it's so freaking rare that people like you think they did something special.
Also, nobody said Dalton was "great". Just that he played a gritty game today, considering the constant duress. To your last line, lets not pretend Dalton's only good games have come against the Colts and Browns. That hasn't been the case this year, and most certainly not in his career.
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