How the Browns' trade for AJ McCarron fell apart

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(11-01-2017, 12:02 PM)ochocincos Wrote: If the arbitrator decides his first year does count and he becomes UFA, the best the Bengals get is a compensatory pick for the 2019 draft. Now that McCarron hasn't been traded, there's a lot of risk involved based on this arbitration.
The Bengals should have known this could happen and done what they could to move him for a 2nd ASAP, not relying on RFA designation. At least IMO.

AJ McCarron is fighting it yes, but he really doesn't have a leg to stand on. He was on the NFI for the first 13 games of his first year.