Why not keep Andy as a backup?

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(04-26-2020, 12:55 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: If this was any other non-pandemic year I would advocate cutting Andy Dalton as soon as possible.  He’ll be on someone’s roster; I guarantee it.  

However, we do not yet know what the league will do with respect to things like training camp and preseason.  If it were up to me I would keep Andy on the roster at least through training camp and if there’s a preseason.  God bless Joe Burrow but I want a safety net there.  The falloff to Ryan Finley is just too far.

There will be trade offers for Dalton as the season progresses and this year, unlike last year, I think the Bengals will be much more proactive getting a win-win deal with another team.  The Bengals will eventually have to trade or cut Andy Dalton — and I’m in that camp — but it doesn’t have to be right now or even this summer.

If it happens soon, fine, and if it doesn’t that’s okay too.  Andy isn’t a diva or a drama queen who will blow up Twitter with locker room politics; that’s not his way.  When Andy was benched for Ryan Finley last season he respectfully expressed displeasure, got over it, and held the SurfacePro.

The Bengals are in a can’t-lose situation here.  Let’s be thankful for it.

Spot on, we have zero risk in letting AD and Burrow compete in training camp. I just think too many deep down are concerned AD wins the competition because they hate AD worse than those with Trump Derangement Syndrome hate Trump.