While he made a handful of pretty throws up the seams and his deep touchdown to A.J. Green was as good a pass as we saw around the NFL Sunday, the second year quarterback still looked like the deer in headlights at times. Now, not only is a first-round bye in jeopardy, but so is the AFC North. Luckily for Cincy, Dalton won’t need surgery and could be back for the playoffs, potentially keeping the team’s postseason hopes from being doused by injuries for a second straight year. The same can not be said for Cincinnati Bengals corner Adam “Pacman” Jones after the Bengals lost yesterday’s game and possibly the AFC North, to the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday.
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There’s nothing positive about Andy Dalton injuring his thumb, but the Cincinnati Bengals are probably more optimistic heading forwards towards the finish of the season, knowing it’s not as serious as initially feared. The last? The Giants’ Jeff Rutledge beat the Eagles, 20-17, on November 15, 1987. Since then, the only other quarterbacks from Alabama to start in the National Football League were Greg McElroy (0-1) and Brodie Croyle (0-10), according to STATS….
Mike Renner is a writer for Pro Football Focus and a contributor to The Washington Post’s NFL coverage.
In addition to his two Super Bowl MVP awards, Starr won the NFL’s MVP honor for the 1966 season.
“Basically we’ll go week to week with things”, coach Marvin Lewis said.
San Francisco was blasted by the Cleveland Browns, 24-10, last Sunday at the FirstEnergy Stadium to drop their ninth game of the season en route to playoff elimination, via Fansided.
Instead, McCarron will get all of the plays with the starting offense in practice to get ready.
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When Dalton emerged from the tunnel, he was sporting a black cast, which made every Bengals fan fear for the worst. The three have dealt with minor injuries recently and all should be fine for Sunday’s game against the Broncos. If the Bengals go run-heavy to assist McCarron, in that would imply more possibilities for Jeremy Hill – who had come on of late still reverted to first-round fantasy bust standing with Sun.’s no-show – & Gio Bernard. Ben Roethlisberger couldn’t find the end zone against the Bengals’ tough secondary, but Pittsburgh’s defense carried the day by picking off Dalton and McCarron a combined three times – the key turnovers in the game.
