Valentine’s Day came a day late for Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson.
The love story between Jackson and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback A.J. McCarron took another step toward consummation on Thursday when McCarron was granted unrestricted free agency by an independent arbitrator.
#Bengals QB AJ McCarron, to be an unrestricted free agent, is also due lost salary from 2014 with interest, I’m told. That’s when he was on the NFI list.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 15, 2018
The love story began last fall when, depending on how one sees it, the Browns front office either saved the organization from a stupid trade or they bungled the agreed upon trade for McCarron.