03-06-2017, 08:27 PM
(03-06-2017, 07:36 PM)BigSeph Wrote: Context.
There's a difference.
The guys trying to pin losses on a QB with a 97.1 rating and a 106.8 preseason rating this year are making excuses for the rest of the team, and using AJM as a convenient scapegoat.
I'm just pointing out that AJM had very little to do with that playoff loss in the grand scheme of things, and did enough to win the game.
Hill and Pacman are the 2 that deserve most of the blame - not the guy who drove the team down and put them ahead with less than 2 mins to go in the 4th.
With 1:36 to play, the Bengals had 1st and 10 at the Steelers 26 yard line thanks to a Tez INT.
McCarron didn't "lose" that game.
You're making an argument against something no one has said. I don't think anyone is making a scapegoat out of Mac. Certainly not me because I feel he suffered from the same problem (coaching) that every other QB has dealt with.
I think people (myself included) are just sick of the hero talk about that performance by McCarron. That was the best defensive performance we've seen by a Marvin team in the playoffs...by a long shot. Putting up 16 points (with plenty of help) doesn't make Mac a hero.
Dalton, Palmer or Kitna all could've put up that point total with the defense forcing multiple turnovers and short fields...a benefit that was never afforded to any of them.
Overall point being: all 4 QBs have been terrible in the playoffs, but only McCarron got substantial help, which enabled him to get the lead late. He wasn't the hero though...the defense (particularly Tez) should get that credit.
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