Cincinnati Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron will become an unrestricted free agent on March 14, but the NFL doesn't agree with the decision that allows him to.
An independent arbitrator weighed the evidence presented in McCarron's grievance against the Bengals, as allowed by the league's collective bargaining agreement with its players' union, and he decided McCarron had made his case.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told NBC Sports Radio's "Pro Football Talk" that the league thought the Bengals handling of McCarron had been correct and that the NFL Management Council had represented the team in the grievance.