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Andy Dalton, TCU

Drafted: Cincinnati Bengals | Round 2, Pick 35 Overall

The first strike against Andy Dalton is the fact that he got drafted by the Bengals. Cincinnati is a team that needs to completely rebuild its offense. The Bengals started that process this year in the draft by taking Georgia WR AJ Green and Dalton with their first two selections.

The Bengals seem completely content with starting Dalton from day one, which is a huge mistake. I would make Dalton sit with a full offseason of workouts, training camp and preseason. But with the NFL's current labor issues, Dalton will have limited time to learn his playbook, get familiar with his teammates and get that chemistry started.

To top it all off, Dalton is going to be forced into a leadership position form the get go, which is going to be an extremely difficult role to take on with the limited time with his teammates.

Dalton is a good athlete, as far as QB's go. He has the escapability that QB's such as Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger possess. He has the arm to make all the throws, and has pretty good accuracy as far as this draft class is concerned.

On the other side of things. Dalton is going to struggle identifying blitzes and recognizing his hot reads. Even if he does realize where he needs to get the ball, he gets antsy and overthrows. He will be blitzed like crazy in the NFL.

He also has a tendency to get off balance. The end result is similar to what Donovan McNabb does. Make off balance throws, and the ball finds itself in the dirt, 10 feet in front of his receiver.

Dalton will really struggle his rookie year, and I think that could mess with his psyche a little bit. At best, he might be a decent backup guy. But the scenario I find most likely is that he busts completely and finds himself without a team in five or so years.