It didn't take long for Andy Dalton to win over the heart of a town on the rebound from Carson Palmer's very public  nfl jerseys dumping.With Palmer's fleeing west to find himself, the rookie Dalton has stepped right in, embracing a Bengals team nobody seemed to want -- no quarterback at least.

What they had at first blush was a mystery, but behind Dalton's steady hand, Cincy is 6-2 and the fans are on alert. The town believes they have a legitimate shot against the Steelers on Sunday, largely because of Dalton, who was  football jerseys  affectionately mobbed at a Paul Brown Stadium autograph session this week."To drive up and the see the whole lot filled -- everybody's excited," Dalton told the team's official site. "Especially this week because we're playing Pittsburgh." they've got a lot of the pieces together. They're right there. They're in a huge market. It's one of the largest markets in the world. You've just got a large, huge media outlet and it can be life beyond football."

Nicknames are rolling in for the fiery-haired passer ("The Red Rifle" and "The Glowing Ginger Man" among the bunch), and while he  custom jerseys looks more like your Dungeons & Dragons-playing neighbor than an NFL quarterback, Cincy's long-suffering fan base has found its man.