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Houston Chronicle: Biggest improvement for Bengals’ Dalton would be a win
by David Barron
The Bengals’ Andy Dalton thinks he’s a better quarterback than he was a year ago, and his statistics and the comments of his coaches and teammates support that.
But improved numbers and encouraging words won’t mean much in the way of offseason comfort if Dalton cannot do Saturday at Reliant Stadium against the Texans what he failed to do a year ago on a Saturday at Reliant Stadium against the Texans: lead the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1991 (which came against the Oilers).
Dalton returns Saturday to his home state and his hometown, where he led TCU to an unbeaten season in 2010 and Katy to the Class 5A Division II state championship game in 2005, respectively, determined to improve on his performance in the Jan. 7, 2012, wild-card game. He threw for 257 yards in the 31-10 loss, and one of his three interceptions gave birth to Swatmania with J.J. Watt’s 29-yard touchdown return.
Dalton and Watt have taken great pains this week in giving short shrift to the past, and Dalton has ample reason to look forward, not backward. ...
http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/01/biggest-improvement-for-bengals%E2%80%99-dalton-would-be-a-win/
by David Barron
The Bengals’ Andy Dalton thinks he’s a better quarterback than he was a year ago, and his statistics and the comments of his coaches and teammates support that.
But improved numbers and encouraging words won’t mean much in the way of offseason comfort if Dalton cannot do Saturday at Reliant Stadium against the Texans what he failed to do a year ago on a Saturday at Reliant Stadium against the Texans: lead the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1991 (which came against the Oilers).
Dalton returns Saturday to his home state and his hometown, where he led TCU to an unbeaten season in 2010 and Katy to the Class 5A Division II state championship game in 2005, respectively, determined to improve on his performance in the Jan. 7, 2012, wild-card game. He threw for 257 yards in the 31-10 loss, and one of his three interceptions gave birth to Swatmania with J.J. Watt’s 29-yard touchdown return.
Dalton and Watt have taken great pains this week in giving short shrift to the past, and Dalton has ample reason to look forward, not backward. ...
http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/01/biggest-improvement-for-bengals%E2%80%99-dalton-would-be-a-win/
