I finally got a DVR recorded. It was a lousy Bears' feed with all the fluffy crud you get with the NFL morning show.

Ignoring that, I did find McCarron to be healthy. There was no indication of a clavicle problem which the Bills were alleging he had. It makes sense that the Raiders traded for A. J. sans passing a physical.

The Bills offense was sloppy. They were in pretty bad shape early. 

McCarron forced a short out which the Bears pick six'd. Other than that McCarron showed fine arm talent. He completed a vast number of footballs twenty yards or more. He is perhaps the most pin-point accurate passer in the NFL from beyond twenty-five yards or more. Time and time again he was putting the ball on his deep threat receiver with relative ease. None of the deep route runners appeared to have exceptional hands. Most all of the balls A. J. threw deep were on target and catchable. One or two did whiz left leading the WR out of bounds.

McCarron's poise and classy approach was evident enough. He worked the officials like a real veteran QB. While Bears' defenders were raining down blow after blow on A. J. he never shook his head, never lost his composure. At one point very late in the game, McCarron scrambled right and ended up tumbling into the Bills sideline. It was terrific to see his team mates picking him up and dusting him off. A. J. fed off that for the rest of the game-winning drive.

When A. J. was given decent protection he picked the Bears apart.  He came out a winner and has nothing to be ashamed about.

Gruden delivered a fifth rounder to the Bills for McCarron. With Amari Cooper on the Raiders' roster, it will be interesting to see how long it takes McCarron to get the nod.

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