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No question is my mind, Dalton is probably better than at least half, maybe more than, of all starting QBs.
Drafted 2011 and 2014 signed 6 years $96M deal with the Bengal. That deal expired last year him earning $16M. Extending him with another deal would have likely cost $28-30M but they finished with the worst record and chance at the top pick. So after 9 years, they decided to go young and cheaper rather than continue with a 32-year-old QB costing $30M. My point is Andy probably has at least another 2-3 strong high-level years left. He simply ran out of time with the Bengals and two or three open starting positions around the league didn't appeal to him. So being here is not about a player whose talent has regressed. He just got caught at a crossroad. BTW....notice Dak's injury now puts him in line to add another $4M to his $3M salary.

Not all is lost, we can still win this......

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/andy-dalton-7750/cash-earnings/

 
Hawkeye0202 said:
No question is my mind, Dalton is probably better than at least half, maybe more than, of all starting QBs.
Drafted 2011 and 2014 signed 6 years $96M deal with the Bengal. That deal expired last year him earning $16M. Extending him with another deal would have likely cost $28-30M but they finished with the worst record and chance at the top pick. So after 9 years, they decided to go young and cheaper rather than continue with a 32-year-old QB costing $30M. My point is Andy probably has at least another 2-3 strong high-level years left. He simply ran out of time with the Bengals and two or three open starting positions around the league didn't appeal to him. So being here is not about a player whose talent has regressed. He just got caught at a crossroad. BTW....notice Dak's injury now puts him in line to add another $4M to his $3M salary.

Not all is lost, we can still win this......

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/andy-dalton-7750/cash-earnings/

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They tried to trade him but nobody saw him as a starting QB.
 
Honesty that video was not encouraging. Most of the deep ball highlights were 50/50 balls in what the posters here would call "garbage time". Also, they were behind in most clips to some pretty bad teams.
 
Denim Chicken said:
Honesty that video was not encouraging. Most of the deep ball highlights were 50/50 balls in what the posters here would call "garbage time". Also, they were behind in most clips to some pretty bad teams.
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What he dropped a Dime to Gallup where only Gallup could go up for it. And the sideline to Gallup was to a great spot on the sideline. You are what they call “trippin”.
 
He definitely got worse each year from his high in 2015. I think he's likely regressed some as a QB but I also think the Bengals deterioration of the offensive talent didn't help either. The OL was blah, Green seemingly fell off the map as an elite WR (he's still good), Eifert was always hurt save for that 2015 season when he grabbed 13 TDs.

I am under no delusions that Dalton is going to be some stud here. But I suspect with the weapons we have at TB and WR, even Schultz showing he can play a little, if the OL can give him some time, he can at least be competent. I don't see many backup QBs as good as Dalton around the league.
 
Sydla said:
He definitely got worse each year from his high in 2015. I think he's likely regressed some as a QB but I also think the Bengals deterioration of the offensive talent didn't help either. The OL was blah, Green seemingly fell off the map as an elite WR (he's still good), Eifert was always hurt save for that 2015 season when he grabbed 13 TDs.

I am under no delusions that Dalton is going to be some stud here. But I suspect with the weapons we have at TB and WR, even Schultz showing he can play a little, if the OL can give him some time, he can at least be competent. I don't see many backup QBs as good as Dalton around the league.
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Green is washed
 
Denim Chicken said:
Honesty that video was not encouraging. Most of the deep ball highlights were 50/50 balls in what the posters here would call "garbage time". Also, they were behind in most clips to some pretty bad teams.
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Bengals were bad overall in those clips. He had no help and Green has not been healthy for years.

With that, Andy has a much better cast here. He may not light it up but he is no slouch. We can win games with him. The defense is more concerning.
 
I watched all of his games at TCU when the won the Rose bowl his Sr year.......He’s not a top flight QB that can zing it all over the place, but he can get the job done.

He hasn’t had a weapon in Cincy in years either. A.J. Green has been in the tub forever it seems.
 
Sydla said:
He definitely got worse each year from his high in 2015. I think he's likely regressed some as a QB but I also think the Bengals deterioration of the offensive talent didn't help either. The OL was blah, Green seemingly fell off the map as an elite WR (he's still good), Eifert was always hurt save for that 2015 season when he grabbed 13 TDs.

I am under no delusions that Dalton is going to be some stud here. But I suspect with the weapons we have at TB and WR, even Schultz showing he can play a little, if the OL can give him some time, he can at least be competent. I don't see many backup QBs as good as Dalton around the league.
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I've never been a 'tank' guy--I always want to win. However, with the current situation of the team my fear is Dalton will win us enough game against bad teams to give us a mid-range draft pick and miss or get bounced RD1 of the postseason. A top 10 draft pick would go a long way next year.
 
Denim Chicken said:
I've never been a 'tank' guy--I always want to win. However, with the current situation of the team my fear is Dalton will win us enough game against bad teams to give us a mid-range draft pick and miss or get bounced RD1 of the postseason. A top 10 draft pick would go a long way next year.
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My concern too. If our back-up QB was some undrafted FA, no one would blink an eye if we went 5-11 and had a top ten pick. Dalton probably gets us more wins and a lower draft pick. So many holes on defense that need filling.
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
No question is my mind, Dalton is probably better than at least half, maybe more than, of all starting QBs.
Drafted 2011 and 2014 signed 6 years $96M deal with the Bengal. That deal expired last year him earning $16M. Extending him with another deal would have likely cost $28-30M but they finished with the worst record and chance at the top pick. So after 9 years, they decided to go young and cheaper rather than continue with a 32-year-old QB costing $30M. My point is Andy probably has at least another 2-3 strong high-level years left. He simply ran out of time with the Bengals and two or three open starting positions around the league didn't appeal to him. So being here is not about a player whose talent has regressed. He just got caught at a crossroad. BTW....notice Dak's injury now puts him in line to add another $4M to his $3M salary.

Not all is lost, we can still win this......

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/andy-dalton-7750/cash-earnings/

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he has never accomplished anything. even with resources he had. 0-5 in the playoffs, with some of the absolute worst performances ever. he is neither the now or the future. he is a back up QB in the NFL. he is the new fitzpatrick.

and 5 other teams had options to go after him hard and get him. none did. Indy, SD, Panthers, Jax, New England...once Andy caught the winds that he wasn't really going to have a chance at a starter anywhere, he decided to come home and be back up..minimally he was back home.....

and we can't win anything with this defense. not even close.
 
blumayne38 said:
Is it just me or as soon as dalton came in the run game opened up. And zeke just sliced in for the TD??
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The first drive that began with Dalton at QB was mostly based on the run, and was very effective, but actually the drive in which Dak got hurt was also mostly run based was at least one first half drive. I think that was either a bit of a focus going Into the game, or at least something we stuck with after some early success on the ground.
 
We'll see but I'm confident this division is STILL ours to take. Know that's not saying much, but it's a crazy year. lol
 
CorpusChristiCowboy said:
They tried to trade him but nobody saw him as a starting QB.
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I think at this point he’s one of the better backup QB in the league
I’m very glad he’s here and I think he can play well this year
I think his being signed as the starter days are over though
I’m hoping he finishes his career right here as a backup
 
Only concern I have is he had good defenses in Cincy when he was winning. Specifically scoring defense which means he probably didn't have any pressure to score bunch of points to win most of the time.

This is not the case with our pathetic defense this year.
 
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