With 's (thumb) status up in the air for the next few weeks, offensive coordinator Hue Jackson will be tasked with prepping backup quarterback for a very serious final stretch featuring games that still matter.His plan? Don't treat McCarron like a backup at all."Did he start out (Sunday) being a Wade Davis Jersey manager? He threw it all over the field, right?" Jackson said . "That gave us the best chance to win. It didn't work. I'm not going to tell you I'm going to start with him being a manager. He's going to DJ LeMahieu Jersey start off doing what we need him to do to win. That's what we pay him for. We pay him to win games. So whatever it takes for him to win, that's what he's going to do. If you guys think he's going to turn around Daniel Murphy Jersey and hand it off 70 times to win a game, then you guys are mistaken. That's not going to happen. That's not going to happen."Once again, for emphasis, Jackson added: "That's not ... going ... to happen."Because , the best-case scenario might be a return on Monday Night Football against the . At the least, head coach Marvin Lewis can entertain the idea of McCarron only needing to make one start.But kudos to Jackson for trying to make the most out of it. When McCarron entered the 2014 draft, there were a handful of analysts suggesting he was just a few steps below Oakland's and that McCarron and were going to end up being the Tony Wolters Jersey draft steals. While we haven't quite gotten the chance to see what Mettenberger could do over a full season, it will be interesting to at least get a window into McCarron's potential when he has a full week Chris Rusin Jersey to game plan.NFL teams needing a prospective head coach also will be watching. Jackson has been brilliant with Dalton, but as we know, bad teams needing head coaches don't often have great quarterbacks.