What do we deserve for AJ McCarron?

[Shake n Blake]

(12-17-2016, 08:43 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: I thought Garoppolo had one less year on his contract, my bad.  Mettenberger might not have had the best supporting cast, but I don't see him as nearly as polished as McCarron.

"Jimmy" was rated as the #1 FA QB for the upcoming season, although he isn't quite a FA.  He looked good in a couple of his outings but I think McCarron's performance against Denver, in Denver, was his crowning achievement.  Granted, they lost, but he took the #1 defense in the NFL to OT.  

A lot of people will think Jimmy is a product of his system, and he really only got to play in one complete game before getting injured towards the end of his second start.  McCarron went six games for the Bengals, I believe, and played well in the playoff game.  

If you count the Steelers game as a "start", then Mac made 5 starts including the playoff game. I like you man, but McCarron did not play well in the playoff game. I don't see anyone outside of these boards claiming McCarron had a good playoff game. It was awful honestly. Did he lead a couple good drives late? Sure. But if he'd not been so dreadful for the first 3.5 quarters, we could've ran away with that game. The defense had an absolutely heroic effort...allowing only 15 points to perhaps the best offense in the NFL. McCarron blew it by not being able to put up points against an abysmal defense. 

Jimmy is the superior prospect. A 2nd round pick with a better arm. He actually made things happen (4 TDs and over 450 yards in his 2 starts last year, 30+ points both times), whereas Mac played game manager. Mac played that role well, but it's different than what Garrappolo was asked to do. Jimmy looked more like a guy who may be a future franchise QB.

Now maybe Mac is capable of doing that, but it's not what Hue asked him to do. Hue basically treated him like he wanted to prevent him from making mistakes and let the team lead him to victory, rather than vice versa.