He's terrible. All Bengals QBs take them to the playoffs, he's only the latest in a long line.
ya bc this bengals team is the same as in past yrs.
this is an immensely talented team. with a decent qb they are super bowl contenders. with dalton, well, a playoff loss is the limit.
Please tell me where this quarterback is. Should they have picked up Josh Freeman? He had more offensive talent then Dalton and what did he do? Maybe they should have gotten Alex Smith? Except he throws about 6 balls a game that travel more then 10 yards in the air. Maybe they should draft a rookie and alienate the entire team, because showing you have no faith in your third year quarterback that has taken you to the playoffs twice more then drafting another quarterback that you aren't even sure will make it in the NFL. Sorry boys, but they don't care about your fantasy team, they care about winning games, and they are doing that.
This, I literally went through every quarterback in the league to see what wonderful opportunity was passed up during the Dalton tenure.
Brady - obv not available
Geno Smith - set 2 years back again with a rookie who's been inconsistent
EJ Manuel - never got to our pick would have had to damage the team to trade up for him
Tannehill - never got to our pick would have had to damage the team to trade up for him
Weedman or Hoyer for that matter - uh, no
Roethlisberger - obv not available
Flacco - ditto
Locker - to get him they would have had to have passed on AJ Green making this thread obsolete or overpay and Locker isn't really any further along than him
Luck - never got to our pick would have had to have thrown the entire season to get him
Gabbert/Henne -
Schaub - okay, Yates - already gone, Casey Kasum - yeah that would make sense
Rivers - not available
P Manning - in some alternate universe where bizarro Mike Brown exists I guess they could have made a play for him. Of course they probably wouldn't be able to make the key resignings they have
A Smith - Obviously the Chiefs are 7-0 because of his mightiness. I'm sure the entire NFL agrees
T Pryor - yeah this woulda made sense to do immediately after drafting Datlon
Eli - he's doing awesome right now of course but anyway he wasn't available
Romo - again another unavailable guy
Vick - when the Eagles got him everyone was in "of course Mike Brown's gonna go get the criminal mode" - that would've gone over well. Foles - yeah that woulda made sense after 1 year of dalton

Barkley - I suppose as speculative they could've picked him in round 3/4 or whatever but if you think he's ahead of current Dalton now you are on something.
RG III - see Luck
Rodgers - not availabe. duh
Stafford - same
Cutler - same
Ponder - would have had to have passed on Green or traded a fortune to get the mighty Ponder. Cassel - so good that the Vikings have already ditched him. Freeman - everyone's favorite for reasons that totally escape me - create a needless controversy midseason or waste a draft pick for a guy who's not there. Sorry not buying Freeman
Brees - again not available
Newton - never had a chance to pick him, maybe we could have for the picks that we got Dalton and Green as well as a couple more picks. I guess. Maybe
Ryan - again not available
Glennon - again you're blowing up your whole plan for a 3rd round QB. That's really a step forward?
Bradford - not available and it's not exactly like he's played like a #1 overall
Palmer -
Which gets down to two that were perhaps even conceivable for the argument.
The Bengals passed on Kaepernick for Dalton. They liked Dalton better for their offense - and he is a better fit. Kaepernick came out like a house of fire last year on a complete team but his completion percentage is much lower, his YPG is much lower. It's very much a debate what he will be.
The other that's conceivable for the argument is Russell Wilson. But again, you're still garbage canning a QB after just 1 year - a year that he led you to the playoffs for a player who while talented still dropped to round 3. That really sounds like a solid plan.
So go on haters, as someone else said, the dude is not Gabbert. And for a guy who's not supposed to be a top-half QB he's lead a lot of long 90+ yard TD drives this year. They are winning close games. Dalton isn't going to Canton. Never said that he is. But it's ridiculous to think that they can't win with him - they already are.
-QG