05-04-2018, 01:50 PM
(05-04-2018, 12:05 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Andy played better than McCarron that year with the exact same offense, and McCarron did not play well in the playoff game.
Seems like YOU are the one trying to make excuses.
The "McCarron is better than Andy" joke is finished. Get over it.
Yeah the open market showed us who the better QB was, clearly. McCarron got backup money and ultimately, another backup gig.
(05-04-2018, 12:10 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Plus, how were we going to get one of these QBs from a supposedly deep QB class? We COULD have drafted Lamar Jackson but at the expense of getting a top center (a higher need). Whom else could we have reasonably gotten that would be worth whatever it would have taken to get?
But, we're "dalton lovers". Clearly, our love for Dalton has clouded our minds.
Right? I was actually kinda hoping for Rudolph (or Orlando Brown) with one of those 3rd round picks, even though I knew it'd lead to "Rudolph is a star in the making" threads.
The Steelers ended that. I didn't like Lamar Jackson...especially not at the cost of a stud center. Lauletta would've been the perfect guy to replace Mac IMO, but apparently the Bengals thought just as highly of Woodside as most of the QB's in this draft.
If we're talking McCarron replacement, I think a 3 way competition between Barkley, Woodside and Driskel should yield a decent backup.
If we're talking Dalton replacement, I wasn't big on this QB draft class. I didn't see any Luck or Wentz type here. In a few years, maybe I'll be dead wrong, but none of these guys jumped out at me like when I watched Wentz throw leading up to the 2016 draft. Not that Dalton needs replaced, but if we go that route, it'd better be a future MVP type of QB.
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