05-22-2016, 07:06 PM
(05-22-2016, 01:24 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No there are not.
McCarron had a 97 passer rating as a back up. That is very impressive no matter how you try to nit pick it.
Who are the ten back ups better than McCarron?
In his 4 starts....
0-2 against winning teams
2-0 against losing teams
191 passing yards/game
62.1% completion
6.16 yards/attempt
5 TD/1 INT
12 sacks
14 rushes/34 yards (2.49 ypc)
4 fumbles/1 lost
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The guy was asked to do very very little in a seriously dumbed down offense on an otherwise great team. He made a lot of short passes and wasn't expected to do much of anything other than not turn the ball over and score when the defense started him inside the other team's 30. His favorite pass seemed to be a 10ft jumpball to AJ Green.
He was terrible in the pocket with no awareness and got happy feet and tried to run (poorly) far too often, both of which led to a lot of sacks and really short rushing gains.
With the talent surrounding him and the lack of contribution needed from him to secure a Bengals win, I really think if you switched McCarron and Gabbert last year in Week 15, Gabbert obliterates the 49ers with the Bengals' talent, and McCarron looks like dog doo.
That said, with the talent that was surrounding him, he's good enough to not lose against 5 win teams.
McCarron was a product of a system and great surrounding talent. Like a lesser 2008 Matt Cassel with the Patriots or 2015 Ryan Fitzpatrick. We saw what Fitzpatrick did in 2008 with the Bengals, and it sure wasn't 31 passing TDs.
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