Bills QB A.J. McCarron Suffers Broken Collarbone

The Buffalo Bills announced Friday that QB A.J. McCarron sustained a shoulder injury during their second preseason game.

Vic Carucci reports that McCarron suffered a hairline fracture of the collarbone.

McCarron was replaced by rookie QB Josh Allen in the second quarter of Friday’s game.

A fractured collarbone will likely require at least a few weeks to heal, which means Allen could now be in the driver’s seat to open the year as the Bills’ starter. Although, Nathan Peterman is also in the running for the job.

McCarron, 27, is a former fifth-round pick of the Bengals back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2,401,652 contract and made a base salary of $690,000 for the 2017 season and was testing the free agent market for the first time in his career.

McCarron won a grievance against the Bengals that stemmed from the team’s decision to place him on the non-football injury list (NFI) at the start of training camp due to a shoulder issue during his rookie year, which allowed him to test the free agent market as an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

The Bills later signed McCarron to a two-year, $10 million contract.

In 2017, McCarron appeared in three games for the Bengals and completed 7 of 14 passes for 66 yards to go along with no touchdowns or interceptions.