I've Got Something to Say

[Bryan]

(10-21-2015, 03:12 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Lot's of back and forth here about what people said in the past.

People critical of Dalton trying to step back on their claims.  Or trying to say their criticism was all justified.

People who supported Dalton trying to claim they never had any doubt.

I say lets just look at who thought the contract extension was a good idea.  I'd say that at least 50% of the members of the old board were against it.  It still may be too early to decide, but soi far it is looking like a good decision.

And for the record I ranked Dalton as part of a group of about 10 QBs that you could shuffle up in any order between 10 and 20.  And I always felt that when you had a QB of that quality you paid to keep him unless you had a better proven replacement.  Too many people were claiming that it would be easy to get a better QB.  The fact is it is not easy at all because other teams lock these guys up to long term contracts when they get one. 

So all the guys who were critical can now claim that they always considered his good play a "possibility" the real question nis how many people were in favor of his contract extension.  That will show how people really felt about him.

I was against the deal, until I learned about the escalators, and that if Andy didn't improve they could cut bait with a minimal cap hit. That being said, Andy Dalton is worth every penny he is earning right now. I've always had high hopes for Dalton, but I've been objective when analysing him, at least I think so. Prior to this year I thought he was average/mediocre. He wouldn't lose a game, but he could do just enough to win one. This year he's playing at an elite level and I couldn't be happier, I hope this is the true Dalton and not the guy we've seen in the past 4 years, that Dalton gave Flacco a run for his money as the most consistently inconsistent QB in the NFL.