I expect the coaching changes to give Dalton a new lease on his Bengals life

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(01-31-2019, 07:19 PM)BengalChris Wrote: I don't feel like anything you said earlier was directed at me. Some times I get the "you are hating on Andy" comments, but it's generally when I point out the 1 TD, 6 INTs and 4 FUMs in 4 playoff games.

If the new staff gets things cleaned up and Andy puts together good "big" games then I will certainly give him his due. You can hold me to that.

I also feel Marvin was a problem come the post season.

I hope Dalton does well this season. I hope Bengals do well. I do believe this will be his chance to shine. But it does need to materialize.

It certainly does need to materialize, no doubt.  I guess a lot of the hate/homer stuff still carries over from the old boards.  To a lesser extent, there is still some of that "he's trash" BS that was there, but people don't often nitpick every incompletion like they did there.  It was exhausting.

The guy is a solid NFL caliber QB to me, and he and his mates need to get it together on the big stage.  Andy has since conquered some of the prime time demons, and in games against rivals.  The bad games aren't nearly as common as they were early on.  Take this last season, for example, he and AJ were simply a raging inferno against the Ravens, but their defensive mates nearly dropped the ball and cost us that game.  That's a hallmark of Lewis' tenure.  Never seemed to have all three phases clicking at the same time....save for a game here and there.  

The biggest thing about him is a false narrative.  It's said that he needs elite weapons around him to win.  I think 2014 dispels that myth.  What he NEEDS is good protection.  I even read a current scouting report about him that admitted that when he is protected well, he can pick any defense in the NFL apart.  To me, that is the key with him, put a good line in front of him.  It was the same with Palmer. I hope that disconnect from the FO is solved as well.