09-02-2015, 03:55 PM
(09-02-2015, 03:40 PM)McC Wrote: People saw AJ do good things, noticed, liked it and said as much. Don't know why that bothers you. That's the hype, in a nutshell. Yes, there are people doing this, what you've done, exaggerating the amount of praise he's gotten. This has become a phenomenon in its own right.
It's like anything else--maybe an extremist or two says something and suddenly, there's some mythical hype train rolling.
In reality, most people have been pretty low key, which is what they usually are. He played well, it's acknowledged and that's about the end of it until the exaggerators jump in.
It's like homers vs. haters, there's a few of each and the rest are in between.
I don't know if you listen to much local talk radio but I've heard a lot of people yammering about how AJ needs to get a shot. It was the point where Lance felled compelled to address it on his blog, here: http://www.espn1530.com/onair/lance-mcalister-7818/bengals-repeat-after-me-there-is-13902264/
So, I'm sorry, I don't think I'm exaggerating anything. I'm not sure or not if you follow the chatter outside of the bubble that is Jungle Noise but I assure you it's more than just a few people. And I'm not sure I've seen this amount of "hype" surround a later round pick QB ever in my 30 plus years of watching the Bengals. It seems different to me this time. I think that may because so many have doubts about Dalton that they're desperate to look for an heir apparent, mixed with the recent success of Alabama.
As far people seeing "good things" from him, and that's it in a nutshell. Again, we've seen "good things" from plenty of QB's in the preseason. I just can't ever remember so many wanting to late round pick to have a chance to start. It has nothing to do with it bothering me that he's done well and everything to do with it striking me as unusual.
