FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Remember this when you're watching the New York Jets in their first preseason game on Saturday night:
Avoid sweeping judgments. Don't get too high or too low based on individual or team performances. Remember the Browning Nagle Rule.
In 1992, Nagle was terrific as a first-year starting quarterback in the preseason, raising expectations with a 5-0 record, but he stunk in the regular season. And that was the end of Browning Nagle.
On Thursday, coach Todd Bowles tried to offer some perspective with regard to his young quarterback, Christian Hackenberg, saying, "I'm not expecting him to go out there and be Roger Staubach.