vmax Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse for Andy Dalton, it did.Once again, with all of America watching, the Cincinnati Bengals' fourth-year quarterback looked more like a junior varsity signal-caller unsure of his role in an incredibly anemic offense. For the second time in four games, Dalton's Bengals failed to score a touchdown.He looked lost Thursday. Discouraged. Out of sync. Quite simply, he didn't look like a man with a $115 million arm in the 24-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns.His throws were mostly high and wide. When they weren't, they fluttered wildly in the winds that bandied about Paul Brown Stadium in gusts that reportedly reached 34 mph.Coach Marvin Lewis chalked it up to a bad night. Dalton couldn't figure out what happened. He had no answers, but the rest of us knew. It wasn't simply an off game, nor was it a perplexing one. It was the same disheartening story Dalton has subjected the league to time and time again.Again on the big, prime-time, nationally televised stage, Dalton wilted. Quote
OutsideRzAcE Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 And we lost to them twice. Dalton has all the confidence in the world against the Ravens...and why not? He knows he can complete a bomb at any time on our secondary. Next time we play them maybe we can borrow someone else's jerseys Quote
GrubberRaven Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Cleveland's D is legit. Hate to say it, but I enjoyed watching Cleveland last night, more than the Ravens. Dalton's QB rating - 2 1 Quote
cravnravn Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Kruger making a name for himself in Cleveland Quote
GrubberRaven Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Yup...plus don't they have a very legit backfield? Gordon isn't even playing...and they lost their starting center! Quote
Jungletiger Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Manning to AJ, Manning to Sanu, Manning to Marvin Jones! Manning to Tyler Eifert, Manning to.... cough cough wait, we didn't even try to get Manning when he was a free agent we got all star Andy! Quote
vmax Posted November 7, 2014 Author Posted November 7, 2014 Only 1 QB, in the history of the NFL has had a worse game than Dalton. These Are Very Bad GamesQB Year Comp % Yards TD INT RateAndy Dalton 2014 30.3 86 0 3 2.0Kordell Stewart 1998 31.4 84 0 3 5.1Vince Ferragamo 1984 33.3 82 0 4 2.8Gary Marangi 1976 26.7 83 0 3 0.0Jack Concannon 1969 34.3 79 0 3 7.4The specific P-F-R search criteria we used here? All-time NFL, less than 35 percent completions, more than 30 pass attempts, less than 90 passing yards and 3 or more interceptions.Not that it really matters: the point being we're talking about one of the absolute worst games you've seen a quarterback play in NFL history. And, yeah, there was some wind out there but Brian Hoyer did OK for the Browns.Putting up a game like this as a $100 million quarterback (yes, we know about guarantees, please stop mentioning that) in today's pass-happy NFL. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24787866/andy-dalton-was-historically-awful-thursday-night Quote
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