09-23-2019, 12:39 PM
(09-23-2019, 11:27 AM)Big Boss Wrote: You only make this change once you've been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Depending on how the rest of the AFC does, 9-7 could be enough to get in as a wildcard. So you figure 8 losses takes you out of the running.
Once they hit 8 losses, pull Dalton. No sooner, no later.
You guys know how I defend Dalton, but if we are eliminated we should see what we have in Finley. Even if we are "mathematically" alive at 4-8 I'd start Finley over the final 4 games (unless the best team is 6-6 or worse)
Unless this defense and O-line makes huge improvements Dalton will have to play like a Pro Bowler to get another contract from the Bengals. Even if he is playing well enough to start for another team that is just a QB away, we won't begin a complete re-build around a 34-year-old QB. Plus paying a QB 20+ million makes it harder to fill other holes on the roster. So we will be going with a Finley or a 2019 draft pick.
It would be amazing for us if we were to have found a starter with a fourth round pick. Again that allows us to use a high first round pick on another hole in the roster.
I am still hoping we can win something with Andy, AJ, Geno, Carlos, Dre K, and Gio, but it is looking less and less likely every week.
