Bengals Turned Down 2nd Rounder

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I'm inclined to believe that the Bengals should've traded McCarron for the pick. If Dalton goes down, McCarron is not going to lead this team, as currently constructed, to the playoffs. We like McCarron so much, but the truth is that every young QB is untested until they're tested. The better teams will sell high on a young backup QB and then take fliers on more young QBs as a rinse and repeat, at least the teams with established QB's. If the Bengals were unsure of who their QB was, then fine, but that pick could be used to draft someone who would enhance Dalton's value and keep him upright or give us another playmaker on defense. A player can't be super valuable when they're not actually on the field. If a team has no other holes, by all means, hold on to McCarron, but this team has holes and that would enable the Bengals to fill one of those with a second round pick, which have been pretty darn valuable lately.