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Cincinnati Bengals’ Extra: What’s next for AJ McCarron and the Bengals?

Enquirer beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski make their weekly predictions as the Bengals travel to Jacksonville to face the Jaguars. Sam Greene/The Enquirer

The Cincinnati Bengals (3-4) are in Jacksonville today, faced with another opportunity to even their record and legitimately climb into the AFC Wild Card picture with a victory over the 4-3 Jaguars.

But with the attempted move of backup quarterback AJ McCarron to Cleveland on Tuesday, it does set the table for an interesting offseason.

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Since McCarron finished the 2015 season in place of an injured Andy Dalton, he had been the subject of trade rumors – but nothing more.