AJ McCarron Has the Toughest Job in Football, Just Ask These Guys Who Lived It

December 17, 2015   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

In an instant last Sunday, we went from wondering how Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton would avoid his annual January meltdown to discussing how his team will avert playoff disaster without him.
Optimism has risen from those ashes during the days since Dalton's thumb didn't survive a lunging tackle attempt following an interception. Initial fears that a 10-3 team starved for playoff success would lose its starting quarterback were quickly quieted.
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said Wednesday that Dalton's broken right thumb won't require surgery.
"That's about as good an outcome right now that we could expect," Lewis said during a press conference, via ESPN.com's Coley Harvey.
Dalton has been ruled out for Week 15 and will now be evaluated on a week-by-week basis. While there's some optimism he could be ready for a tune-up regular-season finale appearance, the more likely scenario is we won't get another Dalton sighting until the playoffs.
That mean...

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