What can we expect to get out of mccarron and when?

[CJD]

(12-19-2017, 07:28 PM)A10104747 Wrote: You just have no clue about football. The offense will never be as good as it was a couple years ago.. Hue was play calling, while Andy had AJ, Marvin Jones (#1 wr now) , Sanu (#2 wr now) to throw too. So yeah if the team didn’t win a playoff game with that great offense and defense it’s not going to get close to winning now. Ohh and with a much better line. Andy has had 7 years in the league to show what he has. Practice Andy gets all the first team reps while McCarron gets scout team reps..

I don't know why you think it takes 7 years to evaluate a QB. Yes, we gave that much time to Andy, but we arguably knew exactly what he was after 2014.

In fact, 2015 was the aberration that basically spurred the fanbase into giving him a "second chance" over the last 2 years.

And besides, I've vocally advocated giving McCarron 100% of the snaps once we were basically out of the playoffs just to see what he is capable of, but it's not like we're talking about a highly touted prospect who has sky high potential.

McCarron was a mediocre prospect that many people considered to be carried by his college program for the most part and then, in 2015, he came in and overperformed relative to his expectations (although, he still showed severe limitations in those games regardless).

And then he played poorly in the pre-season and then, when given a chance, he performed no better (and in many ways, worse) than Dalton in the same game and against a defense that, as you said, was in prevent defense. 

Yes, he has a bad oline, and bad receivers and no running game. Just like Dalton. But the people claiming McCarron is the answer are, quite frankly, taking a bet on an unknown quantity for...some reason? It's never really been explained all that clearly. 

I want us to draft a QB early in this draft, especially if we get a new head coach from outside of the organization. Dalton doesn't have what it takes to lead us to any kind of significant success. McCarron doesn't seem to be all that different. Another QB who can perform semi-admirably when surrounded by talent.

As for the value McCarron will get us in a trade, maybe I'm wrong and teams will ignore the red flags and we can still snake a 2nd round pick from someone but I'd feel pretty bad for whoever we trick into that deal...