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FACTORS - Botched McCarron Trade Shows Disunity Within Browns Organization

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     As one of Nick Saban's National Championship winning quarterbacks, AJ McCarron is no stranger to drama. A fifth round pick in 2014, he was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals to backup their starter Andy Dalton. Many projected that McCarron would never succeed in the NFL, and benefited from having a great team while playing at Alabama.      Since that time, McCarron has silenced his critics with solid performances while playing for an injured Dalton. Playing five games in 2015, McCarron made himself known with a 66.4% completion percentage, and a passer rating of 97.1 and one of the best backups (a potential starter) in the NFL.      The Offensive Coordinator for Cincinnati in 2015? Who was that? Current Cleveland Browns Head Coach Hue Jackson.      Now that McCarron enters his fourth year in the NFL, McCarron enters the last year of his rookie contract. The Cleveland Browns, who have had major quarterback issues that...

NFL Deadline Trades

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      You may correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe the NFL has had a trade deadline as crazy as this years has been. There is always big trade talk circulating, but very rarely do these rumors ever come to fruition. The trade deadline becomes more like the deadlie.      This season, it seems that star players are just being shipped around with no warning. Here are all of the trades in the 36 hours leading up to the NFL trade deadline, and what to expect from them. Seattle Seahawks Acquire OT Duane Brown from Houston for CB Jeremy Lane & Draft Picks      This was the first trade of our Monday evening, and this one wasn't too much of a shocker. Reports have been surfacing from just about every NFL insider that the Seahawks were trying to land Brown in a trade for the last month, and it's finally gone through.      The Texans were trying to move their Pro Bowl left tackle for the right price, as he wasn't...