Why Andy Dalton Needs to Start Again

[Shake n Blake]

(11-19-2019, 09:06 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Not if Brown, Blackburn, and Tobin play the blame game with Zac Taylor.

They could very easily fire Taylor and bring in someone like Gruden(who is definitely Andy's guy)to smooth things out.

Familiarity to a Dalton friendly offense might be enough to get him and AJ back to good with ownership.

I know you all hate it and think Gruden is not the guy here.

Obviously I don't care because I'd take Hue back as OC as well.

These pipe dreams of Zac being the boy wonder or some notable coach outside of the "Brown family plan" are sad.

Almost as sad as the realization by me that we might be stuck with this boot licking excuse of a HC.

Mike Brown firing a HC after one season? That's tough to imagine. Dave Shula set the record for fastest to 50 losses due to Mike Brown's indifference patience. That's a record that will never be broken by any other team. That included the only other 0-10 start in team history (1993). Shula got 2.5 more seasons after that.

All that said, IF by some chance Mikey actually fires Zac and hires Jay, then I guess there's a tiny sliver of a chance that we draft Chase Young and keep Andy. Even then, it's tough to see us doing anything to smooth Dalton over. He's pretty fired up. Plus how often do you get a crack at the top QB prospect coming off a dream season (Joe Burrow)?

Fwiw, I'd welcome Jay Gruden after this mess. Not for 16 years like Marvin, but I'd rather give him a shot than give Taylor another year or 3.