07-14-2019, 04:18 AM
(07-14-2019, 12:05 AM)BengalChris Wrote: Wow! This has turned into the Dalton excuse thread. Has the feel of a "Ross is great if it weren't for everyone else" kind of thread.
Sorry you feel that way. That was actually a response to impactplaya's "At least Boomer and Anderson out dueled HOFers. Fouts . . . Kelly . . . Anybody else?"
No. The other two QBs that Esiason "beat" were Dave Kreig and Cody Carlson.
If you are going to praise Boomer . . . why? He had way more to work with than Dalton has ever had and still didn't really do a lot but people don't want to remember the truth about their heroes.
Jim Kelly in the Championship game
14-30
165 yards
1 TD - 3 INT
Sacked 3 times for 27 yards
Buffalo 17 rushes for 45 yards
Boomer Esiason
11-20
94 yards
1 TD - 2 INT
Sacked 3 times for 20 yards
Cincinnati 50 rushes for 175 yards
That's what happens as time gets farther away from these events. People act like the Bengals won because of Boomer, which they didn't, but lose because of Dalton. Switch the rushing around and that looks like a breakdown of a typical Marvin Lewis playoff game. The Bengals lost because of Marvin Lewis more than anything else. They were out coached in every playoff game under ML. That happened once under Sam Wyche.
Playoffs under ML
2005 Pittsburgh 34 rushes - 144 yards . . . Bengals 20 for 84
2009 NY Jets 50 rushes - 171 yards . . . Bengals 22 for 171
2011 Houston 35 rushes - 182 yards . . . Bengals 19 for 76
2012 Houston 39 rushes - 158 yards . . . Bengals 16 for 80
2013 San Diego 40 rushes - 196 yards . . . Bengals 25 for 113
2014 Indianapolis 25 rushes - 114 yards . . . Bengals 21 for 110 - Luck was 31-44 for 376 yards
2015 Pittsburgh 29 rushes - 167 yards . . . Bengals 24 for 91
ML opponents average 36 rushes for 161.7 yards . . . Bengals 21 rushes for 103.4
Only users lose drugs.
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