(03-14-2018, 01:31 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I don't think there's any way SF brings in a guy like Mac right away. They're committing 100% to Jimmy and signing a guy like Mac would be viewed as a fallback plan or "pressure" on Jimmy. Whether that would be accurate or not, I don't see the 49ers wanting that perception out there. As for Jimmy's durability, I'm not sure they should be too worried about 1 injury. Was he injured a lot in college?

(03-14-2018, 07:09 PM)Nately120 Wrote: McCarron being worthless on the open market reflects rather poorly on a franchise that refused to trade him when his stock was legitimately high, though.  Basically, we won 6.5 games per year while being afraid to let our backup QB whom no one wants off our bench.  Ouch.

(03-15-2018, 08:46 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I don't see it as pressure at all.  And I think Jimmy was injured twice in his brief stints as a starter.  

(03-15-2018, 09:37 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Spoke a little too soon dishing out that "Worthless" take, eh? Couldn't even let the first few days - let alone even the single first day - of free agency go by without bashing a guy who was a good soldier his entire time here. #Daltoncult

AJ McCarron was a 1st day FA signing. Will start for the Bills. Anything but "worthless". The Bengals also didn't "refuse to trade him".

Haste is often a poor counselor. 

(03-15-2018, 10:32 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Oh bollocks!  You know the Bills are going to trade up and take a QB and the second AJ McCarron throws an INT that fanbase is going to throw him under the bus and demand he heads back to the bench.  There is a decent chance the guy becomes a lower paid version of last year's Mike Glennon.

I have nothing against McCarron, I just know that he's a 5th round pick who is more known for his tattoos and his hot wife than anything he's done on a football field in his 4 years in the NFL.  Also, it's amusing I'm being labeled as a Dalton Cult member since I've been slagged as a Palmer-lovin' Dalton-hater for years.  Oy, that's life for ya.

I will say that Buffalo is relatively close to where I live SO if McCarron is a legit starting QB for them I might actually putter up that way and check things out.  I'm just not holding my breath.


ALSO, we should have traded him for a 2nd rounder when we had the chance.  That's my main point, and I don't see how anything can refute that. McCarron getting a 2 year $10m deal in Buffalo doesn't exactly floor me when we see Sam Bradford is getting paid 4 times as much to get injured immediately in a different uniform this year.

(03-15-2018, 10:49 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Idk, I think he’ll be known for getting the Bengals closer to a playoff win than any other QB in the last quarter century. At least until they finally do actually win one.

(03-15-2018, 10:49 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Idk, I think he’ll be known for getting the Bengals closer to a playoff win than any other QB in the last quarter century. At least until they finally do actually win one.

(03-15-2018, 09:44 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Maybe realistically it wouldn't be, but that would be the perception. Mac was perceived as a guy deserving of (and gunning for) a starting gig. If the 49ers signed him, it'd be viewed as some kind of sign that they weren't sold on Jimmy...and they're very sold on Jimmy. They wouldn't want that perception floating around, and I'm sure they don't want their new franchise guy to be uncomfortable.

As for the injury, I'm only seeing the AC joint (shoulder) injury. Unless I'm missing some injury with the 49ers? I didn't hear about any injuries there, and he didn't miss any games.

All moot now that Mac signed in Buffalo.

(03-15-2018, 11:43 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: that was the bengals Defense.... He did nothing for much of that game

(03-15-2018, 12:40 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I'll remember that he got better as the game went on and outplayed a first ballot HOFer in the 2nd half when the game was in put up or shut up time. Against an outstanding Steelers defense in the rain.

Want to know the major difference between McCarron and Dalton?

McCarron didn't wilt under pressure. He stood in there in horrible weather and made the throw to AJ Green that his team needed to win.

And Dalton in almost the exact same circumstance (only with perfect conditions): 1st round playoffs against the Texans, late in the game, to take the lead, etc. MISSED AJ Green by a mile to (more than likely) win the game.

Andy Dalton, instead of redeeming himself and showing progress against the Chargers, had the LEAD in the 2nd half of that game and turned it over 3 straight times and give the game away. 

Andy Dalton crumbles under pressure. AJ McCarron didn't crumble. He made the play. THAT'S what he did with his shot.

(03-15-2018, 12:40 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I'll remember that he got better as the game went on and outplayed a first ballot HOFer in the 2nd half when the game was in put up or shut up time. Against an outstanding Steelers defense in the rain.

Want to know the major difference between McCarron and Dalton?

McCarron didn't wilt under pressure. He stood in there in horrible weather and made the throw to AJ Green that his team needed to win.

And Dalton in almost the exact same circumstance (only with perfect conditions): 1st round playoffs against the Texans, late in the game, to take the lead, etc. MISSED AJ Green by a mile to (more than likely) win the game.

Andy Dalton, instead of redeeming himself and showing progress against the Chargers, had the LEAD in the 2nd half of that game and turned it over 3 straight times and give the game away. 

Andy Dalton crumbles under pressure. AJ McCarron didn't crumble. He made the play. THAT'S what he did with his shot.