McCarron will be RFA in 2018

[Benton]

(02-02-2017, 05:11 PM)Goalpost Wrote: I don't mind keeping him another year.  We have plenty of comps this year.  If we have eleven picks this year, do we need any more?  Seems like if we trade him he could add picks to next year's draft, while still having him this year as a quality back up just in case.

That's a big part of it for me, for two reasons.

1- We've got a butt load of picks. Adding one more doesn't seem likely to help all that much. If we were bundling and trading up to get another 1st or 2nd, sure. But that's as likely as Brady refusing to play for anyone but Marvin Lewis.

2- We've got a butt load of picks. You'll see the 1st and 2nd pick sometime in 2018 (if we get lucky). 3-6 will be four-year projects; one of those will work out and start a few games before his contract expires. 6-11 one of them will develop after a few years. If we get lucky and the Bengals follow the recent bad luck with injuries and growth, that's 2-3 guys you'll see contribute in a few years. McCarron may not be starting, but he's a contributor in his role. We've just been lucky not to need that role filled much.