CINCINNATI -- Let's take a quick trip back to a time just before AJ McCarron was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Remember it? For a couple of days way back in May 2014 the former Alabama quarterback was blasted soundly on sports networks for his attitude, one that some NFL general managers and owners reportedly perceived as cocky and overly confident. It was during pre-draft meetings with some of their teams that McCarron had said he believed he was going to be a first- or second-round pick, and that he would eventually take the league by storm.