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I'm even more uncertain about the Andy Dalton deal than I was about the Joe Flacco one...

It was earlier announced that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton had signed a six-year contract extension, worth $115 million. While it appears as if approximately two out of every three NFL "experts" think this is a good move by the Bengals, like with the Joe Flacco deal a year ago, I'm much less confident about it. Following his great playoff run two seasons ago, the Baltimore Ravens signed quarterback Joe Flacco to a $120.6 million deal. While I could have partially understood the move, based on the quarterback's epic performance in the playoffs that year, I thought, in the long-term, he wasn't going to be worth it. The fact was, during the regular season, he was simply an above-average quarterback throughout his career. The Ravens mainly relied on their staunch defense, their solid special teams, and their pounding ground attack to get them to and advance them in the playoffs. When Flacco signed that record-breaking deal, the Ravens had to let go of ...