08-20-2015, 03:42 PM
(08-20-2015, 03:21 PM)djs7685 Wrote: No, I do look at how the result happened.
In my opinion, and many others, Andy Dalton deserved the statline he had in that game. He played well for about 2 1/2 drives all together, and then shit the bed. Pressure or no pressure, Gio fumbling or not, there's no excuse for those INTs and the fumble. That's MY opinion. I believe he is at fault for those things.
You believe otherwise, hence the 4 page argument.
How are you not understanding this?? You keep saying that I don't care what happened during the game, when I obviously do, I'm just seeing things differently because I'm not in love with 1 specific player on the team. Andy was absolutely to blame for both INTs and the fumble. No doubt about it in my mind, you can disagree until you're blue in the face, but that doesn't mean I didn't watch the game and I'm blindly believing the stats. I just happen to think the stats are justified, gee, isn't that so crazy?
In my opinion AJ shit the bed also by dropping a TD pass with 6 minutes to go. AD had bad moments, that was a great moment, but it was never realized as AJ let his QB down and his team.
So, instead of down 3 with 6 minutes to go with 3 timeouts, we are down 10. Next drive Bengals defense gives up long TD and we lose by 17.
My point is ignoring this was a very bad play by AJ (because it makes AD look better that game) is as bad as the homers who ignore all of Andy's mistakes. We will never know if this one play (great pass by AD to AJ) would have resulted in a victory, but we do know the game went from winnable to a loss within a few minutes and none of that was on AD.
I am so ready for 2024 season. I love pro football and hoping for a great Bengals year. Regardless, always remember it is a game and entertainment.