Why not keep Andy as a backup?

[BengalsRocker]

(01-19-2020, 10:16 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I personally wouldn't mind Dalton being mentor or even starting and transition to Burrow situation.

The only reason I say that is because I have little faith they'll spend the money wisely on ANYTHING.

Now if I am actually in charge of the team I trade Dalton for what I can get.

You GOTTA start Burrow, because fans will get pissed you picked the #1OA QB that everyone interested in NFL is salivating about.

(01-19-2020, 10:25 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: No you don't.  In fact, fan reaction doesn't matter at all in how to prepare a rookie QB.  The only possible argument in favor of starting the rookie immediately is the 4 year contract.  Sit them out for year one and you only get 2 years of in game to evaluate before making a call on the option year.  

Yes you do have to get Burrow out there.  Your team is losing ticket holders and the attendance is at an all-time low.

Can you imagine if they sat on Burrow and the outcry?

Hell they were hanging signs from the overpass to get AJ Frickin' McCarron in as starter and that's when fans were still showing up.

Maybe elsewhere they could sit him but not here.  It's 2020 where draft picks start year one all of the time.

Those seats aren't going to grow asses by themselves.