08-10-2017, 05:14 PM
(08-10-2017, 05:11 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: I hope this is a fake story, if it isn't someone in the Bengals front office needs to be beaten about the head with a bat for saying no. I don't care if it is before the draft after the draft, or five minutes from now. If someone offers you a 2nd round pick for your back-up QB you say "Yes".
The only way you don't say yes is if he is being groomed to take over for your current starter and in this situation, there is no reason to believe that at all.
McCarron at the end of the season leaves and the Bengals get a Comp pick...oh joy....a 4th round most likely and at the end of the round. Instead of getting a 2nd round pick that would be in the top 50 most likely.
This nonsense of, what happens if Andy goes down. Well...the truth is simple, if Dalton goes down for any length of time, be it with McCarron or without him, the team isn't going anywhere unless every other player steps up their game. The reason the team was in the playoff game with pitt after losing Dalton wasn't because of McCarron's play, he was a game manager, the rest of the team stepped up around him, until they didn't....
Keeping a guy for a "what if" scenario is planning for failure not building for success. All you have to do is look at New England, Brady gets hurt, Cassel looks good and the Pats cashed in on that netting a 2nd round pick for the guy after that season. Winners make those types of moves, losers are scared and can't make those types of moves, it's just like the game planning and adjustments.
They still don't know if he will be a RFA or not. as he missed his whole rookie season with injury.
