The Cincinnati Bengals sent the wrong message with how they benched Andy Dalton

Benching Andy Dalton was the right thing to do for the 0-8 Cincinnati Bengals. The way they handled it and the message it sent was not.

Say what you will, but the Cincinnati Bengals lost some integrity with how they handled Andy Dalton. Dalton, the long time veteran and fan favorite, was given the bad news prior to the NFL trade deadline, making the potential of a deal to go elsewhere next to impossible.

This is, at its very core, how the Bengals are known to do business. In a recent podcast interview with John Middlekauff on his 3 and Out Podcast, former quarterback Carson Palmer spoke about the challenges and outright frustrations when dealing with the organization in Cincinnati. For…