Former national championship-winning Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is set to hit free agency heading into the 2020 NFL regular season.
McCarron has been bounced around the NFL as the “next man up” for the Cincinnati Bengals, who drafted the Crimson Tide product in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders and most recently the Houston Texans.
Noah Strackbein of Sports Illustrated claimed that McCarron could be the perfect fit as a backup plan to the aging Ben Roethlisberger.
In 2019 Roethlisberger was out for the season after requiring shoulder surgery which forced a couple of young quarterbacks to step in and help the Steelers finish with a record of 8-8.
Mason Rudolph may be the guy for Pittsburgh moving forward, as he stepped up when Roethlisberger went down, but he suffered an injury of his own.
McCarron may be just what head coach Mike Tomlin is looking for in a No. 2 quarterback.
The career backup has had to fill in for some big names in the past and is most likely not afraid to do it in the AFC North.
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