FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Congratulations, Josh McCown. You're the Big Three-Oh.
Named by Todd Bowles as the Week 1 starter, McCown will be the 30th quarterback since Joe Namath to start a game for the New York Jets. It's not quite Cleveland Browns-esque -- 27 starters since 1999 -- but that's still a lot of quarterbacks.
"I'm excited," said McCown, 38, the oldest player on the Jets. "I'm thankful for the opportunity."
Namath last played for the Jets in 1976. Here's the post-Joe 30, breaking them up into decades:
1970s: Richard Todd, Matt Robinson, Marty Domres.