Andy Dalton’s Hopes and Dreams
Well so much for the Bengals. They had a good run. At least this year when the Bengals get ousted in the wildcard round it’ll be Andy Dalton’s fault in a different way.
Yeah okay maybe I’m being pretty pessimistic here but we are talking about the Bengals. They could not afford this to happen right now. With Dalton out it’s pretty much guaranteed they won’t get the #1 seed over the Patriots, and the #2 seed is probably going to be decided in week 16 against the Broncos. They do get to face the 49ers and Ravens in the other two weeks which are very winnable, but…AJ McCarron. AJ….MCCARRON. YEAH. Also Eifert got banged up.
The Steelers are right on their tails too, with games against the Broncos, Ravens and Browns coming up. If the rest of the Bengals can’t carry AJ. AJ was the managerist of game managers at Bama so maybe he can pull it off. But even if they Bengals hold off the Steelers, Pittsburgh is on fire right now and they look extremely dangerous. Hell, the Chiefs do too…somehow. Basically I have no faith in the Bengals at all now, and I have been leery of them all season. I honestly hope they don’t rush Dalton back and screw him up.
We all laugh at quarterbacks making bad tackles, but then things like this happen to remind us why they don’t tackle. A linebacker or running back breaks their hand, they’ll be back next week playing with a cast on. A quarterback breaks their hand and they’re done until it heals.
That said, I would not count McCarron as a game-managing lost cause just because of his work at Alabama. Fundamentally I saw a lot to like out of him in college, and I doubt he’ll ever become a Brady type player, but I could see him being solid enough to guide the Bengals, and maybe even cause a QB controversy.
Woohoo, my Chiefs got a mention!
Right? Finally.
The poor Bengals fans were trash talking saying they’d win one this year… the Browns have a better chance of winning a playoff game than the Bengals.
Thats the most insane comment ever. The Browns couldnt win an ass kicking contest against an army of one legged men.
Unless those men were wearing Bears uniforms. At which point … yeh, its probable.
I like McCarron. I think his style of play could mesh well with this team. He won’t come in and light up the scoreboard or the stat column but he plays it safe. You could knock it and say he’s a game manager, but playing and possibly winning safe isn’t a bad trade off. I still think that Denver game is very winnable. The Broncos, in my mind, have already peaked this season. If nothing else, I can see McCarron playing well enough to win at least one playoff game, because it makes sense that the Bengals, with Marvin Lewis coaching, somehow win a playoff game with a backup not many people believe in.
One does not simply “win safe” in the playoffs. During the regular season verses a lesser team winning safe in limp home mode is possible but not during the playoffs. Everyone needs big play ability nowadays.
Playing it safe does not mean “never go for big plays”. Even Alex Smith comes up with big plays every once in a while – usually when it is safe to do so.
At least the Bengals had the courtesy of telegraphing their playoff failure this early in the season, for once. I mean, they are clearly going to lose their division lead to the Steelers, get a wild card bid, and lose to the Jaguars in the 1st round. AMIRIGHT?
I think the saddest thing is going to be if the bengals get a playoff win. Everyone is going to start talking about how McCarrion has more playoff wins than Dalton, and forget that Dalton has been pretty darn good as a QB, has been great as a team leader, and is still young and improving.
If this were to happen I’d peg it on a low-scoring wildcard game against the chiefs. They’ve been playing good defense, but the offense hasn’t gotten it done. so in a game which could end up being 12-15 or some such nonsense, it could very easily be decided by one weird play (like a fumble near the end zone, or a blocked punt, or whatever)
Well, maybe he could become a champion video gamOHHH, WAIT…
If the pats get the number one seed that would help immensely. We need to skip the wild card though cause everyone is injured.
Well, atleast he can still tie knots.
Why is his tear green?
Either your color perception is off or your monitor isn’t calibrated properly. It’s blue.