05-26-2015, 11:39 AM
(05-26-2015, 10:10 AM)djs7685 Wrote: Most good QBs don't have the second worse passer rating of their career in their 4th year starting while maintaining a career 85. I know, injuries happened, understandable, but throwing 17 INT in a reduced role is just unacceptable. I think that most good QBs also don't have a career 57.8 rating in the playoffs with less than 900 yards and a 1-6 TD/INT ratio in 4 games. I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but in general I don't think most QBs that end up having a great career usually look this mediocre.
People want to bring up that the defense shit the bed in the playoffs as well, and I completely agree...but at least they were usually damn good in the regular season. We had a top 10 defense for 3 of Andy's 4 years.
I will promise you that more people would cut Andy slack if he was a consensus top 5 or top 10 QB in the regular season, even if he had some blunders in the playoffs. I know that he would still have plenty of critics, but I guarantee that he would be given a break by a lot of the "haters" if he was more than ol' Average Andy from September - January every year.
With that said, I believe in Andy in 2015. I don't agree with the people saying that as long as Andy is here that there's no way this team can succeed. If he gets hot at the right time, this team could be very dangerous. The only problem is that Andy hasn't shown much to make any of us think he can go on a streak like October 2013 when it really counts. People bring up that month a lot on here, but he never did anything like that beforehand and he still has yet to replicate it since. I'm sure I can find some crappy QBs of the past that had 1 hot month of their career, and I doubt many of the uber-Andy-homers would be propping those guys up because of it. I don't want to downplay what Andy did because it was definitely impressive, but how impressive is it if it doesn't happen again? Joe Flacco gets respect around the league because of the way he's learned to turn his game up in the playoffs. I don't think many people would be so impressed with him had he gone on his streaks in October instead.
There are things about Andy that make me excited for 2015, but at the same time, the criticism and skepticism is absolutely warranted. He's such a polarizing figure, and I doubt many other teams' fanbases have these kinds of discussions about their QB on a daily basis. I think that right there proves that he clearly isn't a great or an awful QB, at least 99% of us should be able to agree on that.
Just an overall statement to your post...NO, most QBs with Andy's skillset do not even make the playoffs...that is the point...Leading back to the argument of who is the magical QB that 1. Is available...2. Is better than what we have in Dalton....QBs like Luck, Brady, Manning, Rodgers and so on do not grow on trees...Dalton is what we have at this time....We cannot just go out and get a QB that is guaranteed to be better, it does not work that way....I have asked this question a million times....Please name a QB that is available and better than Dalton that could come to the Bengals and start tomorrow? The problem is that QB does not exist....I am not supporting Dalton, I am just looking at the other side of the coin....
I will name one that could be available next year if he does not sign an extension...Philip Rivers...but I doubt that the Chargers let him walk
