01-13-2019, 04:55 PM
(01-13-2019, 03:32 PM)Big Boss Wrote: If we tailor the offense around Dalton's strengths (up-tempo, no huddle)? Sure.
How many times did the Chiefs try to tailor their offense around Alex Smith's strengths before they realized that he just wasn't the guy? Then they got lucky and took a guy that catapulted the offense to levels they couldn't have imagined. I'm not saying that would happen if the Bengals took Haskins, Murray, Lock, etc but are we gonna be replacing the scheme every year hoping that it will finally be the one that'll turn Dalton into an amazing QB?? This will be his 5th OC in 9 years.
I'm fine with Dalton being the starter cause I don't expect the Bengals to pick a QB and Dalton is a very capable QB but every offseason we have this discussion trying to revive 2015 Dalton.. while the OL is still a mess, the "weapons" are either underperforming (Ross) or being used incorrectly (Ross, Mixon at times), injuries taking a toll (Eifert, AJ). Elite QBs are capable of surviving without their top targets while Dalton without AJ is terrible. Dalton is not elite, everything around him has to absolutely be perfect and you're not going to be perfect at every spot. And then you have the Bengals, who almost had a perfect team in 2015 and they allowed half of the core to leave in 2 years.
