Mo Eggar on Andy

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(08-23-2015, 07:22 PM)Bronxbengal Wrote: People who rag on Andy infuriate me.  Sure we all would want Payton, Brady or Brees, but these QBs had very good teams around them.  Andy has taken this team all four years to the playoffs.  They haven't won and the team, as a whole, played like crap.  The same statement can be said with Carson at the helm also.  I remember a couple of playoff games the O-line played like garbage.  The Jets playoff game with Carson is a great example.  Andy has won huge season games for this team and there is no doubt in my mind this team will win in the playoffs this year as long as the team stays healthy and the line plays up to its potential.  Look, we could be the Browns and many of you who constantly rag on Andy should look north.  Remember, the Evil I know is better than the Evil I don't know.

I agree with a lot of this, except I won't let people ragging on Andy infuriate me.  It is when they rag on me for being positive about him that I don't understand.  It is as though they have permanently "checked out" on Dalton and they slam any and every person that supports him as our QB.

He has a game like the Primetime game against Cleveland once in a season and they have enough hate and anger to last them for years.  If you say something like "it is a team sport", or "the defense played poorly as well", you are chastised for "making excuses for Dalton".  I don't trumpet him as the sole reason they win any games so I don't subscribe to killing him for any loss. 

And it always seems to come back to the playoff losses.  Ok, well, if you are going to be honest with yourself, Dalton didn't play poorly in the last two games.  He didn't.  He had a terrible turnover against the Chargers that never should have happened, but he also threw for over 300 yards and had them in place to win that game if Bernard didn't fumble at the 5 yard line. The Colts game, if you watch it again, showed Dalton fitting the ball in to VERY narrow windows.  I thought he played very well. 

The first two playoff games, he struggled.  He looked inexperienced.  He looked lost.  And I get that.  I was so glad they even MADE the playoffs his first season.  (And not because I put $10 on them to win the Super Bowl at 1,000,000 to 1).  It was a great experience for them and they could learn a great deal from it.  I was more disappointed with the second performance than any other.  The "Gresham-first" game plan was moronic.  But Andy didn't show any improvement from post season game 1 to game 2.  He did play better the next two playoff games.  Lumping his four playoff performances together and saying "he sucks in the playoffs" isn't accurate.  If you want to say he sucked in the first two, fine. 

Instead of whining about the four losses in the postseason, I choose to be so excited about the pieces that he has this season:  a running game, depth at WR, a great new (one game doesn't count)  option at TE.  I can't wait to see how this season goes.  My belief is that they will win the division, get their first playoff win, and with that 600-lb gorilla off their back, make a run to the Super Bowl. 

Who-Dey!