Arkansas Bengal Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Cincinnati Bengals QB Andy Dalton named as one of NFL’s 10 biggest turkeys By cover32 StaffNovember 27, 2014 4:17 pm EST The NFL is a marketing machine, a network of television, online, print and other media platforms that push the league’s message at every turn. It’s a mechanism that churns out stars and makes average Joes household names. Most of the time, that’s a good thing; the league is promoting the game by highlighting the people who make it click. But it’s not always appropriate. Sometimes, people aren’t ready to be stars and/or household names. Perhaps they don’t have the résumé for it. Maybe they don’t perform well in the limelight. But once they are there, it’s hard to get them out of the public eye; the toothpaste is already out of the tube. That creates problems, as people who shouldn’t be the face of the NFL are in part serving that role. They’re woefully miscast, but have are stuck on stage. With that in mind, here are the 10 biggest turkeys in the NFL today: 8. Andy Dalton Big money should mean coming up big in big games Put him in a 1:00 game on a Sunday, with only the two local markets tuned in, and Dalton shines. But when the stage is big, when the lights are bright, he turtles under the pressure. This makes Dalton the classic example of a bad modern athlete; he puts up big stats in games that don’t matter much, earning a big payday in the process, but isn’t able to lift his team to the heights that his paycheck would indicate is doable. http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/cincinnati_bengals_qb_andy_dalton_named_as_one_of_nfls_10_biggest_turkeys/17798714?linksrc=fscom_team_nfl_cincinnati_bengals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passepartout Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Andy just needs to get over that hump. As Peyton Manning early in his career choked in the big time. But now, he has gotten better. Hope Andy can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Andy just needs to get over that hump. As Peyton Manning early in his career choked in the big time. But now, he has gotten better. Hope Andy can do that. Or he could make a career out of it and be the next Romo/Rivers/Cutler, but he'd have to play in a bigger market. Then these same hacks would be lining up for the weekly rub-n-tug instead of slagging him in throwaway smear articles during a slow holiday week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B. Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Are you saying that Romo and Cutler don't get shitted on regularly? C'mon son lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Are you saying that Romo and Cutler don't get shitted on regularly? C'mon son lol Not like he does, which is strange considering they've been in the league a helluva lot longer and seem unlikely to get over that hump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Why do I bother reading this unmitigated trash? Containing thought-provoking journalism such as: "Johnny Manziel's girlfriend with jaw-dropping Instagram!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Not like he does, which is strange considering they've been in the league a helluva lot longer and seem unlikely to get over that hump. I don't know about that. Listen to any sports talk show and sure, Andy gets shit on for a few minutes every week. Romo and Cutler get shit on 24/7/365. Cutler deserves it, guy has no heart. Romo not so much, his teams have never been all that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hint of Snow Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Not like he does, which is strange considering they've been in the league a helluva lot longer and seem unlikely to get over that hump. There is not a day that goes by we don't have Cutler drama up here. He is routineley cursed on a daily basis. Even old ladies get in on the act. Believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hint of Snow Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Why do I bother reading this unmitigated trash? Containing thought-provoking journalism such as: "Johnny Manziel's girlfriend with jaw-dropping Instagram!" Uggh. You made me look. My ten year old nephew could write abtter article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B. Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Not like he does, which is strange considering they've been in the league a helluva lot longer and seem unlikely to get over that hump. Nah. Andy gets shitted on almost as an aside. We don't have a big enough fan base for them to talk about him and shit on him like they do Cutler or Romo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthPaw Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Yeah, nobody gets crapped on more than romo. It's not close. The lengths to which some will go to stick up for Andy as if he receives more backlash than any other quarterback is mind blowing. Romo has been getting spewed upon for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkansas Bengal Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Why do I bother reading this unmitigated trash? Containing thought-provoking journalism such as: "Johnny Manziel's girlfriend with jaw-dropping Instagram!" I know...that's why I only included the part about Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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