09-23-2018, 10:50 PM
(09-23-2018, 10:35 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: What makes Joe Goodberry an expert? I'm not dogging him. I follow him on twitter. I read his posts here. He's never been a Dalton fan though and looks for reasons to bash him. Even when Dalton has good to great games he will dismantle him over incomplete passes. I know he posts here and I'm sure he'll see this. He has a very clear bias against Andy Dalton.
Regardless, people see what they want to see. Dalton threw 4 picks. No matter what happened, they're on his stat line. Even if you take away the 4 picks, people would've found something else to make the loss Dalton's fault. We would have seen video breakdown of every incomplete pass or open receiver he didn't see. While watching other games today, the announcers mentioned other QBs who didn't see wide open receivers for scores. That shit happens. Unfortunately we have a fan base the demands perfection of 1 player. No matter what that 1 player does, it will never be good enough. The proof of that is seeing how vehemently people defend a TE and LB who play half the time.
I see your point. Anybody can take any stat, play, trend, fill-in-the-blank and spin it to fit any story line or slant they so choose.
I respectfully disagree that Joe is a Dalton hater, I think he's actually one of the more objective analysts when it comes to Dalton's play. But alas, see my point above.
Regardless, I don't think Dalton played a terrible game. It was a mixed bag, as his game usually is. I place more of the blame on scheme, injuries, and not capitalizing on opportunities to get back in the game (whiffed fumble recovery, tipped rather than blocked punt). Those make the difference in tight games like today.
