The latest cruel reminder for the Jets and their quarterback-starved fan base will be wearing No. 12 — of course he will be wearing Joe Willie’s familiar No. 12 — and playing quarterback for the Colts on Monday night.
Tom Brady last week.
Andrew Luck this week.
Luck, cleared from the concussion protocol Friday, may not endure long enough behind that offensive line, with the beatings he incessantly takes, to win a Super Bowl someday, but he has kept the Colts eminently relevant while seamlessly taking the torch from Peyton Manning in 2012.
The Jets, you might recall, were in no position to Suck For Luck in 2011 as their franchise quarterback, Mark Sanchez, had just been to back-to-back AFC Championship games.