12-01-2018, 06:31 PM
(11-30-2018, 07:34 PM)XsandOs Wrote: Nate, I agree with you regarding Dalton as a man and player.
I will say that the Bengals have treated him well and he has enjoyed some success here.
Gruden did a great job in bringing him along and Jackson continued that. Other than Brady and Keenum, Dalton is the only QB in AFC who is not a first rounder.
He did have some good OL personnel for a few years (Whit, Zietler, Smith, Williams and Boling), and has been surrounded by some good weapons (Green, Jones, Sanu, Eifert, Gresham, Boyd, Gio, Hill and Mixon)
Although I hear the gist of the goodwill towards Dalton in wanting to see him succeed, however, I have a much more selfish opinion. We drafted him, developed him and have tried to surround him with multiple high round picks. Even traded for an expensive LT.
So, I say we keep him here, and reload around him.
Yeah i agree, keep him here, i have started to see that edge to him i think he was lacking in the past.
He also was not panicking in the pocket this year which is pretty amazing considering the lack of protection. I think
Van Pelt has a lot to do with this and i hope we keep him around with Dalton for a bit and see what blossoms from
it. My only problems i have had with Dalton is him panicking in the pocket and not playing well in big games, but the
latter is not just him. We get a better Head Coach here and i think things can change.
BTW, didn't know Dalton, Brady and Keenum were the only QB's in the AFC that were not first rounders, good stuff.
(11-30-2018, 09:44 PM)Joelist Wrote: One nice thing about Andy is we could do exactly this and even draft a successor QB and he most likely would willingly help develop the kid. A side benefit of high character players.
Very true. :andy:
