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 Verfasst am: 13. Jun 2023 05:06 Titel: Ranking AJ McCarron landing spots Browns |
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backup quarterback -- excuse me, Bengals backup quarterback -- got some great personal news on Thursday night, when he found out he won his grievance against the Bengals, .McCarron, , was slated to be a restricted free agent, but it was ruled he should have received full credit for his 2014 rookie season (he wasn't activated until December) so now he gets some salary paid back and will hit the open market, a suming the Bengals do not franchise tag him this month.The former quarterback had to Jim Owczarski of the after finding out about the news, saying he "loved my time" with the Bengals (indicating it will be in the past) and noting "it's not about money" and he is "not going to chase the huge contract.""We're going to be open to everything," McCarron said. "I'm not the one -- the people that know me and truly know me, and my family knows -- it's not about the money for me. I just love playing football. Making the money is great but I just want to play. that's what I grew up on. that's what you're raised on. Like here in the South, you're raised to love football. " Dalton Prout Women Jersey It's not about money. I just want to play. Whoever gives me an opportunity. I'm not going to chase the huge contract and be put in a situation that I might not be one hundred percent comfortable with just because it's a lot more money or whatever. I want to go somewhere where I can win and help the team win and we Joseph Blandisi Kids Jersey have a bright future together. I'm just super excited for this next chapter."We'll see about that! He may not have to: considering the only guys in front of him on the free agency quarterback rankings are and , there is a pretty good chance he will get paid a large sum of money given all the quarterback-needy teams out there.Worst case: he's going to get some Mike Glennon-level money, earning in the range of $20 million guaranteed. He might not need it, he might not want it, but he's going to get it. Who will give it to him? Let's rank the po sibilities.1. This is a fascinating scenario to watch, because the Browns clearly are big fans of McCarron, having last year but . (The Browns were going to give up a second- and third-round pick to the Bengals for McCarron .)However, that was both before John Dorsey was hired as GM and before the Browns secured the No. 1 overall pick in a loaded quarterback draft cla s. Would McCarron be interested in being a Glennon-like quarterback for the Browns? Hue Jackson, Cleveland's head coach, is his former offensive coordinator. His other former offensive coordinator, Ken Zampese, was hired this offseason as the Browns quarterbacks coach. Working with a group of coaches he knows would obviously be an appealing factor. The Browns probably aren't winning a bunch of games, but Jackson and Dorsey could guarantee him playing time and still take a quarterback ( ?) first overall. McCarron would get a chance to showcase his skillset as a full-time starter, potentially hit free agency again and the Browns would get a familiar talent to bridge them to the player they take No. 1 overall.It's also entirely po sible McCarron has not interest in being a bridge guy. He might see himself as a "win-now" starter who should get paid for the long haul. If that's the case, the Browns would pose a serious risk for him. He can sign in free agency and get a bunch of money, but as the Glennon deal taught us, nothing is guaranteed. Even if the Browns promised him playing time, they could draft someone with the top pick, start the season 0-5 and bench McCarron. That would be a suboptimal way to use newfound free agency. At that point McCarron would . 2. If you were going to recreate a team that was close to McCarron's college team, Alabama, and make it a pro-style team, the Jaguars would probably be the closest approximation. Jacksonville is a defense-heavy team capable of making a playoff run based on pa s rush and the secondary alone. The core pieces of Jacksonville's defense aren't going anywhere Scott Wedgewood Women Jersey (whereas Bama just reloads on five-star recruits each year). The Jags want to run the heck out of the ball, just like the Crimson Tide, and even have an SEC back in in the backfield. , their top young offensive lineman, even played at Alabama.The Jags are a quarterback away from being a really serious Super Bowl threat; we don't know exactly how much of an upgrade McCarron will be, but we do know he would be an upgrade over . If he is serious about taking le s money, moving to Cory Schneider Kids Jersey Florida would help him out from a tax standpoint. The Jags already picked up Bortles's fifth-year option but a suming he clears everything from a physical perspective, they can still cut him ahead of the new league year (those options are guaranteed for injury only, not performance).Jacksonville could legitimately believe it can win a Super Bowl with Bortles. They weren't far off in 2017 and the won it all with under center as a backup. But upgrading the quarterback position even slightly would make them very dangerous. 3. Almost went T-2 for the Vikes and Jaguars, but it feels like Minnesota is going to find a way to do something with its trio of free-agent quarterbacks, even though Jacksonville has more tied to its current quarterbacks.There is a very good chance gets hit with the transition tag or even works out a deal with the Vikings that is friendly for both sides. McCarron is not an upgrade over 2017 Case Keenum, but he might be an upgrade over 2016 Case Keenum. Again, we don't know anything for sure on the former Bengals backup, having only seen him play in a handful of games. (CBS NFL editor Brett Anderson helpfully pointed out Foles threw more touchdown pa ses against the Pats and Vikings in the playoffs this year than McCarron has his in his whole career. The sample size is small.)But the Vikings fit the same sort of bill as the Jaguars. They are built on defense and prefer to run the ball. Minnesota has a big advantage over the Jaguars too, Pavel Zacha Jersey because the skill position guys are better overall. , and is an underrated group of pa s catchers. will be back from his ACL tear and did an admirable job filling in. The offensive line needs work, but the Vikings have a cushy spot for any interested quarterbacks. 4. This could be manna from the football heavens for GM Steve Keim and new coach Steve Wilks. The Cardinals have a serious need for a quarterback, probably do not want to start a young guy in Week 1 if they can avoid it and do not have the cap space to financially compete with the Browns and if Kirk Cousins wants to max out his earning potential. Cousins, like McCarron, has also said he isn't as worried about money as he is about winning, but the price tag on McCarron is simply going to be smaller.The Cardinals have a similar setup to Jacksonville and Minnesota: their defense was better than people think last year and should be stout next year with Wilks in to run an aggre sive attack. The offensive line isn't great, but they have in the backfield and catching pa ses. It's a better situation |
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