Andy Dalton - this year Jimmy Graham?

[hyatt151]

What I mean by that is this:

Last offseason, there was massive dick ripping over the Jimmy Graham signing. Lot of people saying he was washed up and couldn't do anything anymore.

And while he never was what he once was, Graham ended up being a very solid signing and very productive for us.

I've been digging into the Dalton details more and more. A lot of what we assume is what we know from afar.

But after digging in, I came out with a very interesting comp....

Andy Dalton projects favorably to Alex Smith before he was broken in half.

I think many people here would be happy if we got Alex Smith were he the Alex Smith pre-injury. Not over the moon mind you, but would feel ok about it.

Dalton isn't as mobile. But he makes the same quick reads as Alex. It's a qb-friendly offense that always has a place for a qb to go with the ball because of scheme ( hence the frustration with Mitch, who processed things too slow to be effective).

I think we are going to be pleasantly surprised by Dalton, now that the Wilson shock is starting to wear off.

I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Pro Dalton kool-aid would start flowing on here

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Pro Dalton kool-aid would start flowing on here

Meh.

Hardly an endorsement. Just not seething hatred...

 

[Alpha Male]

he will be this years nick foles minus the bad contract and lost draft pick.