A.J McCarron...can he be a franchise qb?

[*jason*]

(01-18-2017, 09:32 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Fixed it.

McCarron didn't almost win anything. If he had done *anything* against one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL that year in the first 3.5 quarters of the game, it would have been a blowout win for the Bengals.

Defense played their hearts out, shut down a potent offense, and gave the Bengals really short fields and turnovers in order to keep them in that game.

Completely agree. Vontaze Burfict almost won that game for the Bengals. Then Jeremy Nae Nae, frustration, and Porter intervened.

So here's how I think this AJ McCarron is some future great rotting on our bench got started....

April 2011: Fresh off a garbage season, Carson Palmer says "**** this". The Bengals say "We better draft a QB". Marvin likes the red head from TCU. They draft Andy Dalton. He has a reputation as a winner, but his arm strength is questioned. Dalton plays pretty well during the blacked out season. They make the playoffs... Dalton stinks in the game. They lose.

2012: The Bengals, and their up and down QB have an up and down season, but rally to make the playoffs. Dalton isn't great in the postseason again.

2013: The Bengals look primed to make a postseason run, only to lose to the Chargers in the WC round. Dalton, and the team as a whole sucks it up again.

2014: The Bengals draft AJ McCarron in the 5th round. Some fans be like "Aw shit. This McCarron is a winner. Dalton totally sucks". McCarron is out all year or something, and the team kinda sucks. They limp into the playoffs, get their asses beat, and Dalton sucks again.

2015: Fans are clamoring for McCarron to be the new starter because you know, he won in college. Signs are hung at training camp. Dalton is booed at Great American Ballpark. The Bengals get pimp slapped by Tampa Bay in the preseason. Several members of this board commit suicide.

The following game Dalton injures his neck. AJ McCarron rides his crimson elephant onto the field for the first time in stripes. He proceeds to throw a long TD to Marvin Jones... This message board explodes. "McCarron's the guy!!!" they all say.

Meanwhile Dalton plays at an MVP level until his season is ultimately ended by injury. "Don't worry... We have McCarron." they say. McCarron promptly throws a pick six (which William Gay is still celebrating). Over the next few games he mediocres the Bengals outta a first round bye. McCarron sucks in the playoff game until he rides Burfict's coattails, and hits AJ Green for what should have been the game winning TD.

2016: McCarron rides the pine while the team sucks. Some fans be like "put in McCarron." Other fans be like "trade McCarron... For MULTIPLE picks".