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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Basically this. Early on, Dalton had the benefit of one of the best defenses in the league, and some pretty good weapons on offense. I never really watched the Bengals that much, so I can't be precise as to why exactly they failed so much, but when you see how many times they went to the playoffs and that they lost each and every one, it doesn't make Dalton look like a top-tier QB.
Put another way, in his four playoff games, Andy Dalton led his offense to 43 points total. Not even 11 points/game. 55% completion rate, and just one (1) TD in four games, 4 fumbles, with 6 INTs. That's just bad.
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Head coach with a Marty like way of losing games. A qb who was consistently horrible in big games (something like 5 - 19 record in big games with some embarrassing performances). Throw in a few knuckleheads who make boneheaded mistakes in big moments. Recipe for disaster.
Got a lot of friends who went through the Dalton era. It reminded me of Marty's chargers where it was just so unimaginable that a team with that much talent couldn't win big games.