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/
It's only written off as meaningless garbage time throws when it's someone like Dak doing it.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.
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/

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/
Dalton is an average QB replacing a slightly above average QB. We'll get similar results with him playing QB.
