The Cincinnati Bengals fell to 0-8 after being defeated 24-10 by the Rams at Wembley Stadium in London. Sam Greene, sgreene@enquirer.com
Andy Dalton had an undesirable birthday present when he walked into the Cincinnati Bengals facility on Tuesday morning – a demotion.
Bengals coach Zac Taylor talked with his staff on Tuesday and made the determination to bench Dalton in favor of rookie passer Ryan Finley. The decision was exclusively Taylor’s.
“Not an easy decision to make. It was very hard,” Taylor said. “He's put his heart and soul into getting this thing right, and the hard thing now is when you're 0-8 and you make a quarterback switch, people tend to look at the quarterback and say he was the problem, and that's the furthest thing from the truth.