Ask Jim Owczarski

[muskiesfan]

Jim,

As always, thank you for taking the time to speak with and answer us fans. It's greatly appreciated.

I'm sure this has probably been asked, but there are a lot of pages that I don't feel like sifting through. It appears that Driskel is the backup QB of the future. I figure that's why they kept him on the roster last year and if he's not put on IR with his broken fingers, he'll be on the roster this year. If that is the thinking, why is McCarron still on the team? There were the rumors that they were offered a 1st and 4th last year that they turned down. There were rumors that they were offered a 2nd before the draft. There were also rumors that the Jets were willing to trade Sheldon Richardson for him. Where there's smoke, there's fire. I have no doubt teams have contacted the Bengals about McCarron. We also know Mike Brown covets compensatory picks like no other. Any of those offers are worth a ton more than a 3rd round (at best) compensatory pick. Why are the Bengals killing themselves and McCarron's trade value? Either Mike Brown is even dumber than I originally thought or are there plans to make him the starter here?

This whole situation seems to have been severely misplayed if the team expects to lose McCarron.