October 21, 201312 yr Dalton looked Elite today. :laugh: Easy now lol. Dalton played as good as he can play, played great for Dalton and I'll take it. Elite? Elite QBs can make all the throws, Andy clearly can't. He is what he is and I can live with that.
October 21, 201312 yr @JasonLaCanfora: Bengals CB Leon Hall did in fact tear his Achilles, a season-ending injury.
October 21, 201312 yr :laugh: Easy now lol. Dalton played as good as he can play, played great for Dalton and I'll take it. Elite? Elite QBs can make all the throws, Andy clearly can't. He is what he is and I can live with that. A. Dalton 24/34 372 3 TDS 0 INTS T. Brady 22/46 228 0 TDS 1 INT A. Rodgers 25/36 260 3 TDS 0 INTS M. Ryan 20/26 273 3 TDS 0 INTS I can be as hard as anyone on Andy but he outplayed those who are considered "Elite" today. I didn't say he was elite, just that he played that way TODAY.
October 21, 201312 yr He is what he is and I can live with that. If you would have just given us that 6 weeks ago you'd have saved us all a lot of frustration. Ha!!! :thumb:
October 21, 201312 yr The blocked FG and Bengals TD before half was the difference in this game. When you have 2 evenly matched teams, it's these things that win games.
October 21, 201312 yr Agreed about Dalton. His arm isn't great which he proved again, but he played very well today.
October 21, 201312 yr Dalton looked Elite today. Disagree. Dalton played very good today, no doubt about that. However elite QB's would have hit those long passes to Green that would have put the game in hand without needing a last second field goal to win. Dalton played great and how he needs to play for this team to do well. Its no more no less.
October 21, 201312 yr @JasonLaCanfora: Bengals CB Leon Hall did in fact tear his Achilles, a season-ending injury. For the 2nd time. Tough break.
October 21, 201312 yr Author Dalton was the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 3000 yards and 20 touchdowns as well as win at least 8 games. He also became the first quarterback in NFL history not drafted in the first round to start all 16 games of his rookie season. He is just one of three quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 20 or more touchdowns in each of his two seasons, joining Peyton Manning and Dan Marino. Dalton's 47 touchdown passes in his first two seasons is the third-highest total in NFL history, behind Manning (52) and Marino (68). Dalton is also the only quarterback to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to the NFL playoffs in each of his first two seasons, and is the only quarterback to lead the Bengals to two consecutive playoff berths in any non-strike-shortened seasons. Andy Dalton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Are the fans going to run Dalton out of town like they did Carson Palmer? How far do you think Andy Dalton can throw a football?
October 21, 201312 yr A. Dalton 24/34 372 3 TDS 0 INTS T. Brady 22/46 228 0 TDS 1 INT A. Rodgers 25/36 260 3 TDS 0 INTS M. Ryan 20/26 273 3 TDS 0 INTS I can be as hard as anyone on Andy but he outplayed those who are considered "Elite" today. I didn't say he was elite, just that he played that way TODAY. His statline looks elite, however, its hard to call a QB elite when he under threw three different balls, two that would have probably allowed AJ to walk into the endzone. I don't want to rag on Andy, but that performance was not Elite.
October 21, 201312 yr Dalton was the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 3000 yards and 20 touchdowns as well as win at least 8 games. He also became the first quarterback in NFL history not drafted in the first round to start all 16 games of his rookie season. He is just one of three quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 20 or more touchdowns in each of his two seasons, joining Peyton Manning and Dan Marino. Dalton's 47 touchdown passes in his first two seasons is the third-highest total in NFL history, behind Manning (52) and Marino (68). Dalton is also the only quarterback to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to the NFL playoffs in each of his first two seasons, and is the only quarterback to lead the Bengals to two consecutive playoff berths in any non-strike-shortened seasons. Andy Dalton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Are the fans going to run Dalton out of town like they did Carson Palmer? How far do you think Andy Dalton can throw a football? 10 yards shorter than anyone that gets 5 yards or more behind the closest defender.
October 21, 201312 yr His statline looks elite, however, its hard to call a QB elite when he under threw three different balls, two that would have probably allowed AJ to walk into the endzone. I don't want to rag on Andy, but that performance was not Elite. Arm just isn't good enough to hit those throws. No excuses either. Clean pockets or no pass rush at the legs. Just couldn't get them there. He is what he is. They are capable of winning big with him though if the defense doesn't keep losing guys and he can not make dumb mistakes. He just has a little less room for error than the bigger guys because they can make more throws.
October 21, 201312 yr Arm just isn't good enough to hit those throws. No excuses either. Clean pockets or no pass rush at the legs. Just couldn't get them there. He is what he is. They are capable of winning big with him though if the defense doesn't keep losing guys and he can not make dumb mistakes. He just has a little less room for error than the bigger guys because they can make more throws. They absolutely can win big with him. Just don't think you can call his performance yesterday or him elite in anyway. As long as he plays within himself he can have great performances.
October 21, 201312 yr The area where Dalton has improved is his intermediate range passes. His touch on those has been outstanding. The couple of passes to Gresham over the linbacker were on the money. His back shoulder throws also were very good. His TD pass to Eifert was away from the defender and he actually threw him to open space. Those are outstanding. Even if he isn't hitting the deep ball, it is keeping defenses honest. Stafford missed a bunch of deep throws, also. His were overthrown, though.
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