AJ McCarron POSITIVE THREAD

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(12-29-2015, 09:33 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Agreed. He may be the best backup we've had since Kitna.


1. When I said McCarron could be a starter "somewhere", I was talking about his long term future. You seem to agree that Andy is the guy here, so if he's going to be a long term starter, it's going to be elsewhere.

2. I've been around these boards for over 5 years and I have a great memory. Dalton has been getting ripped since his rookie season and it really intensified during his 2nd season. Whether you consider McC a rookie or a 2nd year player, Dalton was getting ripped on a consistent basis at the same point in his career. One of the first threads that really tore into Dalton was after he threw a couple INTs against the 49ers in his 3rd game.

3. I support all players that I feel help the Bengals win. Right now I think McC is one of those players. I think he's a fine backup option or starter for when Dalton goes down. He seems like a good guy off the field as well. In fact, I don't even think I've said anything negative about McCarron yet. I just find it interesting how differently he's treated. Dalton is held to a much stricter standard of success, and he always has been.

Truthfully.....I haven't seen much negative said about the guy...save for one or two posters.  What's going on is folks think we all forgot the incessant bashing of AD (or weren't there to read it) , and think we should all fall at the Altar of AJ if we even sniff a win.

My assessment of AJM have been right in line with yours....objective and realistic. As a backup...you couldn't ask for more.