The Cincinnati Bengals snapped the ball on offense over 1,000 times this season. Only two of them featured quarterback AJ McCarron. The third-year backup handed the ball off twice to Rex Burkhead at the end of a 35-17 loss to the New England Patriots on October 16th.
After being stuck in Andy Dalton‘s shadow for the last three seasons, the time has come for the Bengals to trade McCarron. Even he expects to be dealt elsewhere. After the Bengals’ 27-10 season-ending victory over Baltimore on New Year’s Day, McCarron said his possible goodbyes and claimed, “I want to play.