A role that was once played by Noriyuki “Pat” Morita was played by quarterback Josh McCown in New York Jets training camp. During the Karate Kid movies, Mr. Miyagi used unorthodox training methods to train Daniel LaRusso to win the karate tournament.
Well, the Jets have done the same with their two young quarterbacks. During the early part of training camp, McCown got most of the first-team reps. Kind of like in the movie, when Danielson was painting the fence and waxing. Mr. Miyagi was teaching him the art of defense.
Throughout the winter, the young quarterbacks of the Jets studied the playbooks, but they needed to see the playbooks in action.