{"id":53968,"date":"2018-11-26T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=53968"},"modified":"2018-11-26T18:51:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:51:32","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-quarterback-andy-dalton-lands-on-injured-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/11\/26\/cincinnati-bengals-quarterback-andy-dalton-lands-on-injured-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback Andy Dalton Lands On Injured Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blows just keep on coming for the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bengals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>. According to ESPN&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Adam Schefter<\/strong>, eight-year NFL starter\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DaltAn00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Dalton<\/a><\/strong> has played his last snap of 2018. Dalton suffered a thumb injury midway through Week 12 and never returned to action. While this injury ends his 2018 season, the quarterback should be fully recovered for the start of the 2019\u00a0season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bengals placed QB Andy Dalton on injures reserve.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1067168832857485313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Andy Dalton Placed On Injured Reserve With Thumb Injury<\/h1>\n<p>Dalton&#8217;s first suffered his injury midway through Week 12&#8217;s 35-20 loss to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/browns\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. The longtime Bengals starter wasn&#8217;t playing that well in the matchup, going 10\/17 for 100 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. On the season, Dalton completed 61.9% of his passes for 2,566 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Dalton first entered the league as a second-round pick by the Bengals back in 2011. Immediately taking over for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PalmCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carson Palmer<\/a><\/strong>, Dalton led Cincinnati to an unexpected 9-7 playoff record and a postseason birth. So far in his Bengals career, Dalton has recorded 28,100 passing yards, 188 touchdowns, and 104 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>With Dalton down, starting quarterback duties will now belong to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DrisJe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Driskel<\/a><\/strong>. Driskell initially entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers back in 2016, but only saw regular season action in 2018. Coming in for the injured Dalton, Driskel completed 59% of his passes for 155 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Bengals signed journeyman quarterback\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SavaTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Savage<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>off waivers. Savage is currently on his third NFL team of 2018. The longtime Houston Texans quarterback joined the New Orleans Saints in training camp but didn&#8217;t make the final roster. However, he wasn&#8217;t out of work for long, as the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers signed him in the wake of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GaroJi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BeatC.00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C.J. Beathard<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"Pp-nqQ5yRQZbUYa4CnoXeA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1065199318\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Pp-nqQ5yRQZbUYa4CnoXeA',sig:'CrHmg1vES0PX_8TlTrw1whs8CC_2YPg_0AXbOfvlOvI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1065199318',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton suffered a thumb injury in Week 12 against the Cleveland Browns and is now on the season-ending injured reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":53971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,36],"tags":[854,330,61,40],"class_list":["post-53968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bengals","category-nfl-news","tag-andy-dalton","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}