Giving props to Andy Dalton

[THE PISTONS]

Originally Posted by Truck_1_0_1_

And Whalen. And Charles.

And the oline (outside of Whitworth).

Only piece we're missing for the core is a running back.

I have pretty high hopes for Orson Charles in the future. We have good luck with Bulldogs here!

[THE PISTONS]

Like I said before...last year was a really vanilla offense that was scaled back for Dalton because of the lack of an offseason.

This year, the playbook has been expanded and he has shown he can handle it. One has to think that he'll make mistakes because of this which is natural...but he's really turned up his focus the past few games.

It's conceivable that he could develop into a QB that throws single-digit ints on a regular basis as his strengths are his leadership and decision making.

[jj22]

The fade is Daltons bread and butter. Is there any other qb that can throw a better one?

[Shake n Blake]

Originally Posted by THE PISTONS

Dillon was awesome! He could break tackle and go for 80 yards.

Palmer had Chris Perry catching 50 or 60 balls out of the backfield too. That 2005 Bengals team was loaded on offense. TE was the only position that probably wasn't loaded.

Odell was "loaded" too.

[FRAv]

Another interesting fact......
Dalton is one of only 3 players in NFL history to have at least 20TD in their first season.
The other two?
Manning and Marino.

[bengaljunky86]

Originally Posted by jj22

The fade is Daltons bread and butter. Is there any other qb that can throw a better one?

like the throws but love the catches the wrs are making...

[THE PISTONS]

Originally Posted by Shake n Blake

Odell was "loaded" too.

That set our defense back probably 3-5 years. Talk about "What if". It looked like we had an All Pro MLB for years to come.

[SHRacerX]

Originally Posted by NC Bengal Mike

We did get to see a flash of Jones speed he had three steps on the DB Dalton just missed him. More reps and that will be cleaned up

Agreed. And apparently, that slant where Jones got inside leverage was tipped just enough at the line to allow the DB to knock it away. I drool at the prospect of AJ opposite Marvin Jones with Sanu in the slot. Love Baby Hawk in the slot as well, but in the Red Zone and on third downs, I sure like Sanu's bigger body in traffic.

Hopefully, Marvin gets targeted deep early against SD. If it hits, teams won't know what to do with those two out there. Hate to make the analogy, but the synergy is like Wallace and Brown for the steelers. The combination of the two is really tough...throw in Gresham, Sanu, and Baby Hawk and it becomes downright scary.