Watch Andy Dalton share ‘I love yous’ with wife after capping Cowboys win vs. Bengals
Andy Dalton capped a successful return to Cincinnati in the most adorable way possible.
After throwing a late touchdown pass in the Dallas Cowboys’ 30-7 win over the Bengals, Dalton exchanged “I love yous” using sign language to wife Jordan watching from a suite at Paul Brown Stadium.
“I think it’s just — we both had pure joy,” said Dalton, who completed 16 of 23 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns as the Cowboys improved to 4-9. “After the touchdown and knowing we were going to win this game, I’m not the only one that was dealing with emotions. I know she was probably [having] some more emotions with everything. I think it’s a moment that both of us will never forget. Just knowing that we were going to win this game and got to share that.”
Dalton spent his first nine seasons with the Bengals. He and Jordan started the Andy and JJ Dalton Foundation to help provide support and resources to children with serious illness and physical challenges and their families.
“She’s been such a big supporter of me from the very beginning. We got married right before my rookie year [in 2011],” he said. “We spent our whole time, the first nine years, here in Cincinnati. Just for the transition and everything, I’m so thankful for her and so thankful that she’s been such a big support. She’s been somebody that I can just go to talk about anything, and we’re working this thing together. I think that’s been the thing that I’ve enjoyed most. Just to have her with me the whole way, and I can’t say enough about her. I’m very thankful for her.”
Dalton was most moved by a sign hanging in the stadium Sunday thanking him and Jordan, who goes by JJ, for “changing lives” with their foundation.
“I think the biggest thing coming in here was just the reception that I got from the fans, people at the hotel and everybody. One of the coolest things was the sign that was up there that said, ‘Thank you Andy and JJ [Jordan Dalton] for changing lives,’” Dalton said. “That’s what we tried to do while we were here and use our platform for good and show God’s love to a lot of people. I felt like that was a great reception to come back and feel that today.”
This story was originally published December 13, 2020 at 3:21 PM.
