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didn't have a terrible night. Andy Dalton didn't have a fantastic night. What Andy Dalton had was a pedestrian night as the fell to 0-1 after getting roundly thumped by in his debut with the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night, and while rookie Kurt Benkert Jersey  first-round pick mostly watched on from the sideline (but was the only ). Dalton finished with 206 pa sing yards and was efficient in completing 27 of his 28 attempts, but produced no touchdowns, was intercepted and coughed up a fumble.The had Dalton's number the entire evening and didn't allow him to get comfortable, and when he did have time to go through  Vernon Scott Jersey his progre sions, nothing resulted in a big play downfield. The longest to s was a 19-yard catch-and-run for wide receiver , in stark contrast to Stafford launching nukes in return -- throwing a 56-yarder to at one point and, at another, taking the top off of the Bears secondary with a 67-yard bomb to .Dalton was wholly outcla sed by Stafford, and even  Jordan Love Jersey a small dose of Fields, but he's not getting down on himself over it.  "I think just the kind of way this defense plays, they limit the big play and they make you just kind of move the ball down the field," Dalton said, via . "You're not going to get very many explosives against this team."The Bears entered the season with quarterback controversy after signing Dalton in free agency and then trading to land Fields in the first-round of the 2021 NFL Draft, but despite doing the latter, sticking to their guns and keeping their promise to Dalton that he'd be the starter this season. With one game down and 16 to go, he doesn't sound like a player worried about his job in Chicago.  "It's a long season," Dalton said. "I think everybody understands Randall Cobb Jersey  that. And I think if you look at the way the division shook out today, we're still in the same position."Well, not exactly, because now they're 0-1 on the year, and readying to face a juiced AFC North rival when the march onto Soldier Field on Sunday -- hot off of Bronson Kaufusi Jersey  an electric overtime win over the in Week 1. But, the promise from head coach Matt Nagy to keep Dalton as starter is 1-0, a suming that counts for something.