https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ranki...arterback/

"The Jags are a quarterback away from being a really serious Super Bowl threat; we don't know exactly how much of an upgrade McCarron will be, but we do know he would be an upgrade over Blake Bortles. If he is serious about taking less money, moving to Florida would help him out from a tax standpoint."


ESPN is directly quoting A. J. McCarron from the Cincinnati Enquirer:

[font=Georgia,]"I'm not the one -- the people that know me and truly know me, and my family knows -- it's not about the money for me. I just love playing football. Making the money is great but I just want to play. ... Whoever gives me an opportunity. I'm not going to chase the huge contract and be put in a situation that I might not be one hundred percent comfortable with just because it's a lot more money or whatever. I want to go somewhere where I can win and help the team win and we have a bright future together. I'm just super excited for this next chapter," he told the Enquirer."[/font]

To be clear, NFL head coaches are tied to their "franchise" quarterback. Marvin Lewis and Andy Dalton rise and fall together in the same way Jack Del Rio and Byron leftwich were tied together. 

That relationship between head coach and his "franchise" guy leads to screwy things.

Who can forget how ridiculous Del Rio was to start Leftwich, fitted with an air splint on his foot, for the 2005 Wild Card game v. New England, rather than go with David Garrard, who had all the momentum in the world?

What was he thinking?

Blake Bortles was Gus Bradley's guy, not Doug Marrone's. Gus is long-gone.

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