Sam Darnold has only one healthy backup — for now.
Veteran David Fales and Mike White were among the players waived to get the Jets initial roster down to 53. That left Darnold, rookie James Morgan and rehabbing Joe Flacco as the only quarterbacks.
Flacco won’t return for a few weeks. But if the Jets keep him on the PUP list, Flacco would have to miss six weeks.
It’s hard to imagine that the Jets will go into any game with an unproven rookie as the only backup after what happened last year. Luke Falk became the starter after Darnold contracted mononucleosis and Trevor Siemian broke his ankle.