Andy Dalton is a talent at quarterback and has helped make the Bengals relevant again as an NFL franchise. Leading the Bengals to relevancy still won’t help Dalton get to where he wants.
While talking to the NFL AM crew, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis told the crew that that naysayers will continue to critique Andy Dalton until the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback performs in the playoffs.
“He’s been a three-year starter so he’s accomplished a lot of things in his career thus far,” Lewis told NFL Network’s “NFL AM” on Friday. “But until we win playoff games these questions you have … those will always continue to be there. And that’s all we can do is erase them for Andy and myself.”
Lewis says he isn’t worried about his quarterback’s ability to get them to the next level.
“I keep saying this. He continues to be Andy,” Lewis said. “As long as everyone else continues to play at a high level around him he will do his thing week in and week out. We just have to keep pushing and prodding and making sure everybody else gets to the right spots and they’re diligent with their responsibilities.
“If we continue to protect our quarterback and we continue to package our plays, run and pass together, that gives us good clean looks down the field all the time.”
