FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Another year, another chance to be a starting quarterback, and another highly-drafted young passer behind him.
Welcome to Josh McCown’s world: It’s Groundhog Day once again.
After an unexpectedly productive 2017 season in which he threw for career highs in touchdowns (19) and yards (2,926) and produced his second-best rating (94.5), the 39-year-old McCown earned the right to be the Jets’ starter. For now, anyway.
As was the case in Cleveland, when the Browns drafted Johnny Manziel in the first round a year before McCown got there, and in Oakland, when the Raiders took JaMarcus Russell first overall in 2007, McCown’s hold on the job is tenuous at best.