What a mess of a football season.
When the 2019 offseason began, fans and pundits were excited to see what Andy Dalton could do in a system run by a progressive, offensive-minded head coach. Eight games into the year, the nine-year veteran, who had 132 career starts in the regular and postseason, took a seat.
Ryan Finley took the reins, with the blessing of the organization, as he was known as “Taylor’s guy”. After all, Finley was the only rookie quarterback the team wooed in the pre-draft process and seemed to fit the prototype for signal-callers in the “Rams Midwest Offense” Taylor was bringing to The Queen City.