The Cincinnati Bengals want to win some games, spurring the change back to Andy Dalton under center.
A byproduct of potentially winning games? The chance at spoiling the team’s draft position next offseason.
Wednesday, in his first public comments since becoming the starter again, this topic naturally came up. Asked about any potential backlash for getting wins and spoiling the team’s chances at the first overall pick, Dalton kept it simple, according to ESPN’s Ben Baby:
“If this city isn’t happy for wins then I don’t know what to tell them.”
Fair play by Dalton, whose team hasn’t won a game since December 16 of last season and is now off to the worst start in franchise history.
On the subject of the benching itself, Dalton was humble in looking back on the ordeal:
Dalton relied on his faith to get him through the past few weeks: “Initially I wanted to be bitter. Didn’t know why it was happening… but it’s a part of my story & something I can relate to people on a different level now.” Feels like AD has taken a lot of positivity from this.
— Marisa Contipelli (@BengalsMarisa) November 27, 2019
For now, talk about spoiling draft slotting seems premature. There are no one-win teams left in the NFL right now and the first challenge for Dalton’s second chance comes against a strong New York Jets defense.
If the Bengals win Sunday, then we’ll really get into the meaningful draft questions and considerations.
[vertical-gallery id=25186]