Andy Dalton is a playoff quarterback. Alexis Sanchez Jersey . In his three years with the Cincinnati Bengals hes proven to be an efficient quarterback and has navigated his team to three straight playoff appearances, including a division title last year. But thats about it. Thats far from a bad thing, especially for a Bengals team that had made the playoffs only twice in the last two decades before Daltons arrival. But nows the time Cincinnati has to decide if theyre content no longer being the punch line to jokes as they were for so many years in the 90s and early 2000s, or if they want to strive for something more and fight for a Super Bowl. Daltons new contract – a six-year, $115 million deal that essentially works out to a pay as you go pact – will let the Bengals determine each year if theyre happy, or ready for a change. If the Bengals feel with Dalton they can continue to grow and one day match up well with the heavyweights of the AFC, and theres some evidence to support that, then itd be wise to keep Dalton for the duration of his new deal rather than start from scratch at the position. After leading Cincinnati to a 9-7 record in his rookie campaign in 2011, Dalton has helped Cincy increase their win total each year. The former second round pick from TCU has also increased his passing yards and touchdown totals each year as well. And Dalton has the backing of his teammates as well, including the highest profile ones. "Thats my guy," star receicer A.J. Green said of Dalton to CBS in the off-season. "He helped me where I am. I helped him and we took the Bengals to a different level. The Bengals were losing a lot before we came. I feel like we turned it around. I know they know hes the guy.” And yet every year come playoff time the Bengals are all but ignored. In Daltons first playoff game, Cincy fell 31-10 to the Houston Texans. He followed that up with a 19-13 loss to the Texans in 2012 and last year the Bengals were dropped 27-10 by the San Diego Chargers. And Daltons performances in those games left a lot to be desired. While his post-season passing yards average is on par with his regular season numbers, his accuracy is four points lower and he threw his first playoff touchdown just last year, although the impact was mitigated with his fifth and sixth post-season interceptions coming in the same game. The Bengals have a lot of talent on both sides of the ball, but Dalton – a capable game manager – may be holding them back from truly contending. Hes proven he can get them in the dance, so starting anew at QB would surely set the Bengals back, but it may be a necessary move for long-term success, if they feel the supporting cast can win a Super Bowl with the right guy under centre. 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"This was a little bit of a let down, but all credit to them," said Nestor.NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the finals of the Connecticut Open for the third straight year, beating Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1 on Friday. She will face a close friend, Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, for the title. The 68th-ranked Rybarikova beat Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in the first semifinal. Kvitova, ranked No. 4, bombarded Stosur with 11 aces, nine in the first set, improving to 5-0 against the Australian in hard-court matches. "It was hard to pick up her serve," Stosur said. "Certain big points, shed go to my forehand, then my backhand, so that was difficult. Kvitova broke Stosurs serve to take an early 3-1 lead, one of her four service breaks in the match. She did not get much of a challenge on her own serve, facing just four break points. Kvitova clinched the first set with three aces in the last game and cruised from there. "I knew that Sam would keep her eye little bit on her backhand (because) I have a left serve," Kvitova said. "I was trying to mix it, as she doesnt know where its going to be. Probably that was good idea." Kvitova won the tournament in 2012 and lost to Simona Halep in last years final. But she came into New Haven having played just three times since winning her second Wimbledon title, losing in her second match in Montreal and her opener in Cincinnati. "I think its important to have this before the U.S. Open," Kvitova said. "Im really glad with my form now." Rybarikova may be in the best form of her career. Thee 25-year-old broke Giorgi in the first game and breezed through the first set in 34 minutes. Romelu Lukaku Jersey. . The 22-year-old Italian could not solve Rybarikovas serve, failing to convert on 11 break points. The hard-serving Giorgi, ranked 38th, also double-faulted seven times with just two aces. "It was very important for me to hold my serve, because I knew that she could make these double-faults. She can struggle on her serve," Rybarikova said. "So I was really focusing to hold my serve." Rybarikova mixed up the pace throughout the match, stretching out points with slices and drop shots. That seemed to frustrate Giorgi, whose power game was not working. "Its just a little bit that she has an A plan and no B plan," Rybarikova said. "Shes a young player. If shes going to learn to have a B plan, I think shes going to be a very good player." Rybarikova becomes the lowest-ranked player to make New Haven finals, her first in a premier-level event. She has four lower-level WTA titles on her resume, but her ranking dropped over the past year from the 30s into the 60s. She contends it was the result of unlucky draws, playing top-20 players such as Caroline Wozniacki, Lucie Safarova and Ekaterina Makarova in the early rounds of recent tournaments. She beat this tournaments top seed, the second-ranked Halep, in the second round. "Its not easy to beat all the top-20 players," she said. "But, of course, sometimes I have to beat these players, and it was this tournament." ' ' '