With one more preseason game on the docket, the Jets’ quarterback competition is already over. Josh McCown will be the team’s starter in Week 1, head coach Todd Bowles announced. 
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This was the expected outcome for the Jets’ QB battle as Christian Hackenberg has struggled and Bryce Petty has failed to really pull away from the pack. Petty did perform better than Hackenberg this offseason, but he is currently nursing a knee injury suffered in Saturday night’s preseason contest against the Giants. With that in mind, Bowles says that no determination has been made about the team’s No. 2 QB role.
McCown, 38, joined the Jets on a one-year, $6MM contract this offseason, turning down opportunities to serve as a backup on a contending team for less money. He’ll have the opportunity to start for the Jets until they figure out the future of the position for 2018 and beyond.
May God have mercy on his soul….
He started for the Browns and lived to tell the tale. May be he now believes himself to be nigh immortal.
started for the Bears too and lived to tell the tale….i’m buying the immortal 🙂
hahaha
I hope McCowns life insurance is up to date. This will be “The End”
This article should have actually been titled, “Sam Darnold named Jets starter for 2019.”
Crap, I meant 2018. Doggone it.
What the hell is the point of starting McCown? This is a rebuilding year so why not just throw one of the 2 young guys out there and see if we have something with either one? There is no reason to start a veteran just to have Petty and Hackenburg sit on the bench again
Starting McCown all but locks up the top pick in the draft.
my guess is that McCown will start but as the season progresses Petty and Hackenburg will take over. by game 5 and just split it between time for those QB’s this season.
If they already know Hackenberg and Petty can’t cut it, it really doesn’t matter.
So they don’t have a quarterback at all….again