McCarron hype gaining steam

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(06-21-2015, 09:02 AM)BritishBengal Wrote: Now I will preface this by saying I am normally one to let any offseason hype to pass me by. I realise it is in the interest of organisations to create storylines and a buzz heading into a new season. All that aside however, put me down as someone who is now very interested.

It's now been noted by numerous sources, that McCarron is having a very good camp so far:

Beat writer Jim Owczarski on these boards noted McCarron as a early camp highlight- http://bengalsboard.net/Thread-Ask-Jim-Owczarski

Breer for NFL.com- http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000497989/article/john-harbaughs-ravens-only-know-one-speed-nflwide-notes?campaign=twitter_writers_breer

Wallace Gillbery- http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000496024/article/wallace-gilberry-aj-mccarron-awesome-for-bengals

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/bengals-believe-mccarron-can-be-a-starting-qb-062015?adbsc=social_20150621_47907206&adbid=923499867688154&adbpl=fb&adbpr=749212008450275

It's exciting because I can't remember the last time this team has had a second QB who was more than just a career backup. Even before Dalton with Palmer, QBs were mainly veteran guys who weren't ever there to create a challenge. In McCarron we have someone who is young, has experienced a lot of college success from the top programme at the time and arguably was drafted too low.

I am not suggesting that we have ourselves a QB battle at this point. However, I do think Dalton's leash is shorter this year and if McCarron continues to progress it presents an interesting situation going into the next offseason.

I wanted us to draft McCarron in round 4 a year ago (we got him in round 5) as I thought he could develop into a starting QB in 2 to 4 years. I knew the AD contract was more year to year after 2015 (not big deal to cap negative hit if he was cut after 2015) so I wanted a QB on the roster who was young and could eventually compete with AD.

To those who don't understand player development, please take note it takes time for most college kids to become NFL starters. The QB position and the CB position are to developmental NFL positions that need the most time. I have yet to give up on AD either for all of the same reasons I just mentioned. 4 years may seem like a long time for an NFL QB to get to his peak, but I look around at the greats and they did not start peaking in a lot of cases until years 5 to 8 or beyond. Ben R. just reached his peak recently as an example.

I love it we have some insurance being developed for the future, I love the fact maybe as early as 2015, we will not hold our breath if AD gets hurt as I did in past years with JJ and JC.