11-10-2017, 09:07 PM
(11-10-2017, 08:32 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Dalton could "light it up" this season, too. Hell, I'd wager Dalton, who has actually lit it up before has more of a chance of lighting it up in 2017 than McCarron does. Furthermore, our o-line is so bad and our WRs that aren't AJ Green are so awful that we could play McCarron the rest of the year and his supporters would insist that we can't judge him based on his performance in such a hopeless situation.
Sort of the way we clamored for Mixon to be the feature back and now that he is and he's putting up numbers that make Trent Richardson look like Jim Brown we aren't pulling the plug on him. Then again, the season is lost and we know Mixon will be here in 2018 so why not spend the rest of the season putting no-name RB's on the field and seeing if one can be the next Arian Foster?
I must say though if this organization puts Dalton in such a hopeless situation and then benches him because "the season is lost" we may as well just let him walk out the door. That's some lowdown dirty stuff there.
I’m sorry I’m not going to start feeling sorry for Dalton. Maybe this team has issues evaluating talent but it’s not for lack of trying. They’ve drafted talent early and have put a lot of pieces in place for Andy to succeed and he just hasn’t been able to win a playoff game. He’s been given ample chances and in big games he just doesn’t play big. He’s really only had a Superbad offensive line one year and it’s only exasperated his weaknesses. This team has a history of sticking with players that can’t get the job done...why does the QB get a pass from so many Bengals fans? I don’t get it.
I honestly have never liked the guy. I feel like he came in and they built a skilled offense around him. You take any part of that offense away and boom our offense stalls. It’s a new excuse year after year after year. Yet Andy misses the same throws and has the same tendencies he’s had since day 1. Seriously what aspect of his game can anyone seriously point to and say he’s improved from his rookie year? Every QB deals with adversity as nobody plays year in and year out with no pressure and talented skilled position teammates. Yes us Dalton haters always use guys like Brady and Rodgers as examples of players who overcome and still play great. We get laughed at because we’re told we’re comparing our QB with arguably the best QB to ever play. What’s wrong with wanting that? What’s wrong with wanting us to have a QB that makes everybody around him better no matter the circumstances. We can all agree Andy isn’t that guy. And we are not making progress to getting that guy if we are sitting around making excuses for Andy and trying to put an all-pro cast around Andy that can peak at the same time while staying healthy.
QBs like Andy CAN win Championships but it takes a one in twenty seasons type defense that just dominates and a genius of a coach and that’s just not going to happen here.
