Quote: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.

The Matt Schaub comparison is a very good one,, I absolutely see that.


Fans on the Bengals forums are about mixed when it comes to Dalton (many think he sux, many think he's decent). He's very inconsistent. One game he'll look great,, the next he'll be terrible. Personally, I think he's average, and that alot of the Bengals problems stem more from just Dalton himself. But, that's just me.


Anyway,,, kind of back to the thread topic:


The Bengals drafted a guy that turned out to be a major disappointment (very similar to J Blackmon).


Odell Thurman LB from UGA


I believe they drafted him in the first round (I know they drafted David Pollack,, and with their next pick they took Thurman).


His rookie year,, he was an absolute machine. He was all over the field, making play after play.

Then he got suspended (substance abuse I believe), never cleaned up, and that was that. I think maybe he tried a stint in the XFL or Arena league later,, but he was not even close to being the motor he was as a Bengal.


They called him the "Thurmanator," that didn't last long, lol.

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