Incumbent Josh McCown will go into training camp as the New York Jets' No. 1 quarterback, coach Todd Bowles confirmed Tuesday. The real drama surrounds the identity of his heir apparent.
Holding the third pick in the draft, the Jets are expected to select a quarterback. One of the options is the polarizing Baker Mayfield, whom Bowles praised at the NFL meetings in Orlando, Florida.
"You see the player and you see the play," Bowles told reporters. "You know the guy can play football and he's a competitor." The Jets' top decision makers gave the Heisman Trophy winner a private workout last Saturday in Oklahoma, two days after working out UCLA's Josh Rosen.