Potential Reason for AJM Trade

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(04-23-2017, 05:25 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I think teams probably viewed Osweiler as a better prospect than McCarron. He was a 2nd round pick with size (6'7" 240 lbs) and an arm...and better combine numbers.

Folks on here praise McCarron for his performance against Denver...well guess who was the QB for Denver that day? Osweiler (299 yards, 1 TD, 100.3 rating) outplayed McCarron that day.

So higher draft pick, better size, better arm, bigger (and better) sample size to go on (275 pass attempts and 7 starts to go on compared to 160 attempts and 4 starts for Mac). On top of that, there was more hype because Osweiler played for the champion Broncos and learned behind Peyton. 

I'm sure teams thought more highly of Osweiler, and look how he turned out.

No doubt, they did think higher of Brock. But, you are ignoring the fact major difference kicking tires for less than $800K a year versus 17 million a year. QB needy teams will have to pay millions a year for a rookie QB starter or a veteran with flaws too like Griffin (1st round pick and #1 overall), Colin or many others.

AJM value is his contract and his brains dissecting defenses. I am not saying he is a franchise or top 20 QB in the NFL, but for that low price tag there is little risk to figure it out in my opinion. Thus, on the Bengals side the exact reason they don't care his draft position (5th round) because now it is irrelevant just as is the draft position of Tom Brady, Wilson, Favre, Prescott and the many other QB'S who were not 1st round picks.

AJM may be a better stop gap NFL starter for a few teams in my opinion who could develop into a top 15 to 20 NFL QB at a low risk financially.