The Jets certainly did their homework this offseason on quarterbacks. Both ones in the draft, and free agency.
Eventually, the only addition made to the room was 37-year-old Josh McCown, who signed a one-year deal worth $6 million in late March.
But if that deal fell through, was Jay Cutler Plan B? The world may never know.
"The stars didn't really align for me to get out there," Cutler said on a podcast with ESPN's Adam Schefter. "By the time I was scheduled to get out there, my buddy Josh had taken a visit and they worked something out with him.