09-25-2019, 01:22 AM
(09-23-2019, 01:09 PM)Big Boss Wrote: If you're picking top 5, you basically have to take a QB. You don't know if you'll get that opportunity again. As we've seen from the last several years, even winning just six games takes you out of the top 10 of the draft. Offensive linemen and linebackers can be had in the 10-20 range. The best QB prospects, on the other hand, usually go top 10, so you'd have to give up the farm and trade up to get the guy you want.
Draft your QB now while you have the high draft pick, then you can still roll with Dalton/Finely/Dolegala for a year while you shore up the trenches with other draft picks/free agents. And if Finley/Dolegala come out of nowhere and show they can play in games that matter, then you've got trade bait with the QB you just drafted.
Sounds like a solid plan to me.
(09-23-2019, 01:15 PM)Catmandude123 Wrote: And all the Andy lovers will rejoice and feel like their loyalty to a weak QB will be justified and they can be happy again. There is no one on this or any site who says replacing Andy will give a SB win to the city and the fans but my lord we have given him nine years so at least be open minded about change.
I'm open to change (obviously), but I feel too many lay these failures primarily at the feet of Dalton, which is ridiculous IMO. This franchise and FO is a never ending stream of failure. We're at the point where we should try a new QB - if the Bengals were a normal team - but they're not a normal team, so don't be surprised when new QB fails like every other QB.
(09-24-2019, 02:53 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote:
In 2015, only mulligan, and maybe a couple other crackpots, were complaining about him.
You don't need to make stuff up.
I'm sure there's a couple, but other than that, no one dislikes Dalton, the man.
Gotta disagree with you there, because I was debating a LOT of people on Andy back then. The names come and go, some of them weren't regulars - many were - but there were definitely many people all over Andy from day 1.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
