Dalton to cowboys

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I wouldn't call those Bengals pedestrian. The defense Zimmer built was terrific. He had elite receivers. His OL was pretty consistently in PFFs top 10 in their good years. The Bengals were loaded early in his career. I think people forget that. Aj green, Marvin Jones, sanu... That's outrageous. Would you agree that my stat line seems accurate? Assuming a good supporting cast in Dallas 3500 yards, 20 TDs, 10-15 INTs. It's OK. Not bad, not great.

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.