AJ was a top 20 QB on a top 5 team. He would have been a playmaker on a weaker team.

I can't actually think of a moment in his career where I looked at him and said, "a better QB would have done better this game."

He won't succeed in NFL, tattoo game alone screams 3rd string.

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Posted by joeyb147

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Posted on 9/5/14 at 3:27 pm to Bud Davis

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I think he's somewhere in between. He was a great college quarterback that was surrounded by talent. His biggest strength was that he didn't screw the pooch and came up clutch in a lot of situations.

The talent around him was detrimental to his reputation as a playmaker. On a different team, he would have been considered a playmaker. I think most teams would have loved to have had him as QB.

I think a lot of the dispute stemmed from the argument about his NFL draft position and potential. As and NFL prospect, he would be considered average (game manager).

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Posted by RollTide1987

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Posted on 9/5/14 at 3:29 pm to BamaDoc14

There were numerous threads on this forum, dating back to 2011, that included posts by rival fans who were of the opinion that McCarron was nothing more than a game manager. In fact, they even went so far as to say that if McCarron were swapped out, and another QB from the SEC substituted in, there would be a minimal drop off in production because Alabama was just so talented.

Now that McCarron is gone, it's like his loss will be too difficult for Alabama to recover from.

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