Quote:I know he didnt do it by himself, but you act like he Tim Tebow'ed them to the playoffs, he put up really good numbers for his first 4 years in the NFL. 

He didn't up really good numbers every year.  And if all you're looking at is stats, then it's not going to tell the whole story.

 

Quote:That could be said for alot of NFL teams.

Anyway,, yes Dalton could be much better. But,, he wasn't near a top QB prospect coming out.

Plus,, I still firmly believe the Bengals playoff woes are mostly coaching. Marvin Lewis is 0-6 postseason,,, winning the AFCN twice and then getting embarrassed in 2 home playoff games before Dalton was even in the league.


Dalton has had 3 of his playoff games on the road,, with last season's game being ridiculously handicapped by injuries (Green, Gresham, Burfict, Mauluga, Eifert, Marvin Jones all were out). That's basically all their key players sans Hill/Bernard and Pacman Jones.


It's unlikely that an AFCN team gets 5 straight years of making it to the postseason. But if they do make it, and they lose again, Marvin Lewis likely will have to go.

Really, a lot of this I'm basing this off is watching him.  I see a very sporadic QB that is not clutch at all.  He can't throw the ball past 10 yards to save his life.  All he is is Matt Schaub and a game manager.


Maybe some Jags fans are just bias because he'd probably be an upgrade to what we've had here in the past, but go to any Bengal's message board and I doubt they are saying he's even an average QB.

 

Bengals were forced to sign him last year to a big contract unless they wanted Matt Casell or someone there, which they obviously don't.

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