Jets Will Have an Open Competition at QB

[gmf1369]

Josh McCown, Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg will all have the opportunity to be the Jets starting quarterback in 2017. But it also isn’t out of the realm of possibility that the Jets select a quarterback with the No. 6 overall selection and that rookie becomes the opening-day starter.

“Well there’s going to be a competition. Josh is coming in, Hack is coming back and we’ll see where Bryce is with his health,” said head coach Todd Bowles Tuesday at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix, AZ. “Hack will get a chance to prove himself this year and Josh will get a chance to prove himself, so we’re looking forward to it. And if we decide to add one, we’ll add one to the mix there whether it’s the draft or a free agent.

“But we’re going to have an open competition and the guy who will earn that spot will truly earn it.”

Only days after GM Mike Maccagnan said all options remain on the table at the QB position, Bowles said the team could draft a quarterback in Round 1 and that prospect could potentially win the job.

“It’s not out of the realm of possibilities. Obviously things have to fall the way we want,” he said. “We have a lot of evaluating to do before the draft comes up and we’ll see where we are with the No. 6 pick and how the things fall before us. Then we’ll go from there.”

 

[Mainejet]

Can't say I disagree with this approach? It makes the best out of a bad situation........

But it will bring about the normal jokes that go along with this approach? Like, when you have 3 QB's all fighting it out to be starter? You don't have ONE...

 

[butterscotch]

There is nothing else they could do but this.......

 

[Flyboys89]

Does anyone actually think that bowles, with his job on the line, will start anyone but Mccown? he refused to bench fitz after he played like dog crap for 11 games or so. Lets be honest guys, it aint happening no matter how good Hack looks.

 

[Jet Fan RI]

Does anyone actually think that bowles, with his job on the line, will start anyone but Mccown? he refused to bench fitz after he played like dog crap for 11 games or so. Lets be honest guys, it aint happening no matter how good Hack looks.

Don't think so. If Hack looks good in camp, he starts. If McCown starts, Hack needs more work or he sucks. No way to tell which it is simply from McCown starting.

 

[Mainejet]

Does anyone actually think that bowles, with his job on the line, will start anyone but Mccown? he refused to bench fitz after he played like dog crap for 11 games or so. Lets be honest guys, it aint happening no matter how good Hack looks.

AGREED. Toilet cares more about the pay check than he does the betterment of the team. I mean lets look at the facts... He's thrown his CS under the bus and blamed them for all of his shortcomings when in point of actual fact the buck stops with him. What's even more egregious is his willingness to keep Kacy Rogers when he was the biggest problem of all?

Hack is a work in progress and everyone knows that. Hack will need to MORE than beat out McCown before Toilet will let him see the light of day. I'll go out on a limb and say, McCown will start all but 3 games this season barring injury.............

 

[jets82]

IMHO, gone are the days of QBs needing 3-4 years before they hit a NFL field. These aren't the 60's or 70's people. IMHO, if a QB isn't ready to start and play half way decent after sitting his rookie year, we have a problem. The college game has come a long way from just hand the ball to the RBs 35-45 times and only throw it 15 times a games. College QBs are now throwing the ball 40-50 times for NFL type stats in a season now.

Now I will admit the NFL game has changed also where some to most college QBs may need alittle time (one year, two at absolute max) of preparation but the way college QBs are running NFL style offense and throwing the ball a ton now, why should it take them 3-4 years to be ready to go? If it's gonna take that long, then that should tell us that their not the guy. Yes Sanchez and Geno started as rookies and flopped but it think after watching them, especially Sanchez play passed their 3rd-4th year, we all can see they just didn't have it in the first place.

We can't use IMHO Rodgers as a example because look at who he played behind. A HOFer who didn't want to give up his spot and fought with his retirement issues and the Packers pushing him out the door for three years after they drafted Rodgers. Hell, Rodgers probably was ready to go his rookie year or two at worst. Same thing with NE and their Brady and back up issue. They'll never bench Brady and why should they? Doesn't mean the back up isn't ready to play now and wasn't ready in his first or second year.

My point here is just like Petty seems to have his struggles last year, that should be a red flag to all of us. If Hack isn't ready to beat out the lame competition he has on this current team now and play half way decent this year, that should be a red flag also. I don't mean outstanding numbers but average to above average numbers, where we can all say we got something here with that QB. Hopefully he surprises us all because without decent QB play from a young and upcoming QB, it will be a longer season then any of us can even imagine.

 

[lounap23]

Does anyone actually think that bowles, with his job on the line, will start anyone but Mccown? he refused to bench fitz after he played like dog crap for 11 games or so. Lets be honest guys, it aint happening no matter how good Hack looks.

The reality is this. He is going to play the best guy he can. McCown isn't saving his job if Petty is playing better. Or if Hackenberg is playing better. So the idea of just going with a veteran for the sake of going with a veteran is not very plausible.... If your job is on the line you will play the best possible guy to give you the chance to win the most possible games..

 

[jets82]

The reality is this. He is going to play the best guy he can. McCown isn't saving his job if Petty is playing better. Or if Hackenberg is playing better. So the idea of just going with a veteran for the sake of going with a veteran is not very plausible.... If your job is on the line you will play the best possible guy to give you the chance to win the most possible games..

Agreed!!! If your telling us, meaning "TB" that Mccown is the best QB we have this year with Hack, Petty and maybe even a rookie (if they draft one) then we have HUGE problem here people with Petty and Hack. Question, Who the hell is Josh McCown anyway? Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't he been on the field less amount of time then Fitzgarbage and he's older then Fitzgarbage correct? Atleast Fitzgarbage has played majority of his career.

He's played on like seven different teams but has played and played halfway decent a few years. Mccown has been majority a backup QB and please correct me if I'm wrong in my thinking here. If I'm right, then if TB is legimately telling us that Mccown is the best we have to offer on the field this year, then Hack and Petty are just the worst. TB has to know they have no chance of winning anything with Mccown, so if Hack or Petty or a rookie shows any signs of life, he has to go with the younger guy. Doesn't he???

 

[lounap23]

Agreed!!! If your telling us, meaning "TB" that Mccown is the best QB we have this year with Hack, Petty and maybe even a rookie (if they draft one) then we have HUGE problem here people with Petty and Hack. Question, Who the hell is Josh McCown anyway? Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't he been on the field less amount of time then Fitzgarbage and he's older then Fitzgarbage correct? Atleast Fitzgarbage has played majority of his career.

He's played on like seven different teams but has played and played halfway decent a few years. Mccown has been majority a backup QB and please correct me if I'm wrong in my thinking here. If I'm right, then if TB is legimately telling us that Mccown is the best we have to offer on the field this year, then Hack and Petty are just the worst. TB has to know they have no chance of winning anything with Mccown, so if Hack or Petty or a rookie shows any signs of life, he has to go with the younger guy. Doesn't he???

I am not saying McCown is the best guy,. I am saying Bowles will paky whoever the best guy is whether it is McCown, Hack or Petty.... I think the Jets want, and are hoping, Hack or Petty emerge asa a clear cut starter over McCown. And I agree if you are looking at a close battle and McCown is barley edging out Petty or Hack.. Go with the younger guy their development is more important than an extra win or 2 or even 3.... lol

 

[Green Jets & Ham]

If McCown is the starting QB on opening day, and with Bowles I fear that is a real possibility, let me go on record right now in saying I will have zero interest in watching this team and I won't, I won't watch a single game, I'm done until this team makes the transition to a young QB, I have zero interest in spinning our wheels with more veteran garbage. WON'T WATCH IT, period.

 

[jetgreen13]

Does anyone actually think that bowles, with his job on the line, will start anyone but Mccown? he refused to bench fitz after he played like dog crap for 11 games or so. Lets be honest guys, it aint happening no matter how good Hack looks.

LOLz i know i don't, not for a nanosecond!!

an open competition at QB?? LOLz what an amazing crock of shit!!

hate to sound like a broken record but unless mandated, bowles is starting & staying with mccown until the jets are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention..

 

[Flyboys89]

LOLz i know i don't, not for a nanosecond!!

an open competition at QB?? LOLz what an amazing crock of shit!!

hate to sound like a broken record but unless mandated, bowles is starting & staying with mccown until the jets are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention..

Completely agree. When the jets are 1-9 in week 10, they'll "mathematically" be alive. So Bowles will continue to trot out McCowns corpse and rinse/repeat the same old vomit bag of a phrase after each loss he "gives us the best chance to win"

 

[jetgreen13]

Completely agree. When the jets are 1-9 in week 10, they'll "mathematically" be alive. So Bowles will continue to trot out McCowns corpse and rinse/repeat the same old vomit bag of a phrase after each loss he "gives us the best chance to win"

the more i think about it, bowles simply can't/won't be allowed to go 1-9 with mccown in a season that absolutely screams finding out what we have in both petty & hackenberg..

i mean seriously, that would be a mind-numbingly self serving abuse of authority by bowles!! frankly, i can't see him being able to get away with that..

but aside from johnson, who has the authority to tell bowles to play the kids or clean out your office?? maccagnan?? johnson's brother??

 

[gmf1369]

Can't say I disagree with this approach? It makes the best out of a bad situation........

But it will bring about the normal jokes that go along with this approach? Like, when you have 3 QB's all fighting it out to be starter? You don't have ONE...

have to believe they are leaving the door open if Hackenberg isn't ready to take the reigns then have blow back from the fans through the media that the named starter loses the job to Petty or McCown... at the same time it is what it is, until they get right it will always be questioned...

 

[mykcuz]

I'm excited to get hack some legit reps. I think petty is more of a long term backup. I don't think any qb in this draft is a franchise qb.
Let's hope Hack stops throwing everything high, and we might have something.

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[soj]

Well assuming the TB is not just blowing smoke then I say let the games begin. However, like many others I seriously doubt his veracity.

 

[Bigmoe]

Oh goody I'm so excited for this rebuild season

lets see we have an open comp for the most important position
from at least 2014
Hack 0-0
Petty 1-2
Josh 2-20

oh this is going to be so much fun

Way to build Mac

at least the Giants have Geno waiting in the wings and Mark with Da Bears
(LMAO)

what a team

 

[jets82]

Oh goody I'm so excited for this rebuild season

lets see we have an open comp for the most important position
from at least 2014
Hack 0-0
Petty 1-2
Josh 2-20

oh this is going to be so much fun

Way to build Mac

at least the Giants have Geno waiting in the wings and Mark with Da Bears
(LMAO)

what a team

It is pretty pathetic I must admit but atleast they'll develop a young QB this year and we'll see what we have and where we go from here. They seemed to have been dead set against it last year but this year seems to be different. Simple with them signing Mccown and not Romo or Cutler. Gotta think that Hack, Petty or even if they draft a rookie; one if not all of them can beat out McCown for the starting job.

Atleast one of them right??? Point being here is this is a rebuilding year and we all can see that. Even the franchise should be able to see that. So with that said, why even bother starting Mccown even if the other QBs don't beat him out? Hopefully our problem won't be this, if none of these guys can't beat out Mccown then we have a much bigger problem then we could ever imagine.

 

[lounap23]

With Hack not having any playing time and the only playing time Petty got was a few games with a team that basically gave up .... I am not so sure why everyone is so negative on both of them... McCown is insurance if they fail to have a veteran there to just finish the season if necessary... I don't think the jet are playing for the #1 pick. I think they honestly want to see Petty or Hack grab the bull by the horns and show them they have their starting QB for the future. They both have the talent. They are both smart, big, strong arm. Petty was more accurate in College. Hack has played well in a pro-style offense. So I think the Jets know they need to see what they have in these young guys now. Focus on the other area of needs this year and if neither one of them show that they are the guy well next years draft is deeper at QB...... 2017 is a WIN WIN situation..... The Jets are in a better position to rebuild than most teams that have to rebuild usually are if you ask me... The sky isn't falling... Talent is on the roster we just need the improvement from some players in their 2nd and 3rd year (they don't lack the talent) and the production from others who had down years.