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Fox Sports: Sky-high expectations won't faze Andy Dalton
By Ross Jones
Tuning out the noise in the NFL is a skill for a quarterback.
Playing in the AFC North, where Dawg Pounds bark and Terrible Towels twirl, it’s an art that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has learned to master.
It’s not that Dalton doesn’t hear the noise. He just chooses not to listen. It’s no different from the narrative that has followed him around this offseason.
Making his third postseason appearance in as many years in January, Dalton was again one and done. After three straight years of being bounced in his first round of the playoffs, the outsiders have said he can’t win the big one. The ones who matter trust that he can. Why? Because he has done it before.
After a three-turnover outing against Boise State in a Fiesta Bowl loss during his junior season at TCU, Dalton heard the noise. He refused to listen. ...
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/sky-high-expectations-won-t-faze-andy-dalton-082514
By Ross Jones
Tuning out the noise in the NFL is a skill for a quarterback.
Playing in the AFC North, where Dawg Pounds bark and Terrible Towels twirl, it’s an art that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has learned to master.
It’s not that Dalton doesn’t hear the noise. He just chooses not to listen. It’s no different from the narrative that has followed him around this offseason.
Making his third postseason appearance in as many years in January, Dalton was again one and done. After three straight years of being bounced in his first round of the playoffs, the outsiders have said he can’t win the big one. The ones who matter trust that he can. Why? Because he has done it before.
After a three-turnover outing against Boise State in a Fiesta Bowl loss during his junior season at TCU, Dalton heard the noise. He refused to listen. ...
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/sky-high-expectations-won-t-faze-andy-dalton-082514
