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Jets Will Have an Open Competition at QB

Josh McCown, Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg will all have the opportunity to be the Jets starting quarterback in 2017. But it also isn’t out of the realm of possibility that the Jets select a quarterback with the No. 6 overall selection and that rookie becomes the opening-day starter.

“Well there’s going to be a competition. Josh is coming in, Hack is coming back and we’ll see where Bryce is with his health,” said head coach Todd Bowles Tuesday at the NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix, AZ. “Hack will get a chance to prove himself this year and Josh will get a chance to prove himself, so we’re looking forward to it.