Remember when AJ McCarron started at quarterback for two of Alabama's BCS national-championship teams, won the Maxwell Award as the nation's best collegiate player, set the SEC record for lowest interception rate and broke the Crimson Tide marks for passing yards and TD passes, and some folks labeled him a game manager?
On Thursday, McCarron signed a two-year contract with the Buffalo Bills, and at the subsequent press conference, was asked what he thought about being labeled a bridge quarterback.
The prevailing opinion is that the Bills are planning to draft their quarterback of the future next month, reinforced by McCarron's contract, which has been reported as heavy with playing-time incentives and a dead-money number of "only" $2 million on Buffalo's 2019 salary cap if it parts ways with McCarron after one season.