An absolute must-read about Andy Dalton and the new Cincinnati Bengals

Inside Look On The Bengals, Just Makes Me Want Marvin As The GM Now, For The Way He Has Been Through

Favorite part below:

FedEx each quarterback a playbook two days before his visit in Cincinnati and ask the players to "teach me the offense" when they arrived.

Dalton, who had studied Cincinnati’s playbook so well he found a typographical error and called the team wondering if he was misreading something, walked to the board and whipped through the exercise so well but without any pretension or showmanship as if he were a coach himself.

This team is easy to fall in love with.

Very detailed, insider stuff he supposedly has..

then that’s the most eye-opening, non-hyperbolic pieces i’ve read on the bengals in a long, long time. very well written, and that’s a rarity in articles that “professionals” put out these days. paints a very different picture of the team’s direction in contrast to years past.

It shows great insight about the team and its mindset. If after reading it you’re not at least somewhat excited about Dalton and this team, there’s probably no hope for you.

"At what point did Carson quit?" Bengals coach Marvin Lewis asks, repeating a similar question. "At some point last year he decided he didn’t want to be here. This didn’t happen at the end of the season. There was a point earlier on when he said, ‘This isn’t the place for me.’ "

and how do Palmer’s stats compare before and after…

Is Jay Gruden – seriously – I am so happy that I can watch a Bengals offensive series without going crazy! I love what Gruden brings to this team, he could care less about who gets the stats as long as we’re moving the chains.

Ahhh….how far we’ve come since the days of Bresnahan and Bratkowski!!

(Speaking of Brat – I believe it’s no coincidence that Matt Ryan is having such an off season with Bratkowski as QB coach in ATL)

so nice for once to see our organization with a unified approach from a coaching standpoint, and coupled with players who fit the ‘team’ mentality. It’s like for the first time in a LONG time, all the puzzle pieces seem to fit

Every week I like this kid more and more. It’s rare to have such a talented athlete while being so humble. It makes me wish it was Sunday. Who Dey!