09-04-2015, 01:32 AM
(09-03-2015, 12:51 PM)BigSeph Wrote: Basically Bengal fans view Andy Dalton like NE Pats fans viewed Bledsoe. There was the same kind of petty putdown BS going on when some people in New England were talking up Tom Brady. The Bledsoe apologists talked about how good his stats were, how they had gone so long without a franchise QB. Even when Bledsoe got hurt and Brady came in, he didn't exactly set the NFL on fire or anything, and people were still calling for Bledsoe to get his job back when he was healthy.
Drew Bledsoe was a capable NFL QB who had a couple of very good statistical seasons. But he was not a playoff success story. The very same criticisms of Dalton (lackadaisical, intangibles, choke artist) were criticisms of Drew Bledsoe.
Can you guys identify which player is Andy Dalton below?
Player1 - 85.2 career QB rating, 57.8 career playoff QB rating, 1:6 TD:INT ratio
Player2 - 77.1 career QB rating, 54.9 career playoff QB rating, 1:2 TD:INT ratio
They're both good regular season QBs who choke in the playoffs.
It didn't turn out so well for Bledsoe, despite all of the apologists and excuse-makers in New England crying rivers of tears when Tom Brady took his job. The apologists and excuse-makers here will cry rivers of tears when AJ takes Andy's spot too.
While the comparison makes sense, you are seeming to forget that the Pats had Tom Brady behind Bledsoe. You are insinuating that McCarron will be like Tom Brady. The one-in-a-million QB.
Sorry, but this is wishful thinking. And that is an understatement.
