{"id":427382,"date":"2018-02-16T14:19:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T20:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=427382"},"modified":"2018-02-16T14:19:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T20:19:24","slug":"aj-mccarrons-free-agent-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/aj-mccarrons-free-agent-options\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ McCarron\u2019s Free-Agent Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AJ-Bengals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-427386\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AJ-Bengals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>By Scott McInnerney<br \/>\nWNSP Reporter<\/p>\n<p>MOBILE, AL \u2013 After winning his grievance case, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2018\/02\/aj_mccarron_to_hit_open_market.html\">AJ McCarron is a free man.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NFL quarterback and Mobile native is now an unrestricted free agent in the NFL, which means he can choose any team he wants this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>After playing his first four years as a backup with the Cincinnati Bengals, McCarron will look for a starting role at a different team. In October, McCarron was part of a deal between the Bengals and the Cleveland Browns, but the paperwork was not sent in before the NFL trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career in the NFL, McCarron has completed 86 of 133 passes for 920 yards. He has also thrown six touchdown passes and two interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The former Alabama star led his high school team, St. Paul&#8217;s Episcopal, to a state title. In Tuscaloosa, he helped the Tide capture two national titles.<\/p>\n<p>McCarron went to the Bengals in the 5th round of the 2014 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Scott McInnerney WNSP Reporter MOBILE, AL \u2013 After winning his grievance case, AJ McCarron is a free man. The NFL quarterback and Mobile native <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/aj-mccarrons-free-agent-options\/\" title=\"AJ McCarron\u2019s Free-Agent Options\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,117,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-alabama","7":"category-news","8":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427387,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427382\/revisions\/427387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}