Rex Ryan: QB competition a dead heat
Rex Ryan has been pleasantly surprised at how well the Jets' quarterback competition between Kellen Clemens and rookie Mark Sanchez has been going.
He said a few weeks ago he had a gut feeling how things would go. And while he won't say whether things will work out differently than he expected, he thinks the competition is much closer than he envisioned.
"Clemens and Sanchez are really battling," Ryan said at his press briefing a few minutes ago, his final press conference before training camp opens. "I knew it was going to be a dogfight and right now, you can tell it really is. We probably won’t know until … whenever it becomes obvious, that’s when we’ll make the decision. Obviously you’d prefer to have it sooner than later, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. Both have been really good and they challenge each other, but they're very supportive."
By this time last year, Ryan knew that Ravens rookie Joe Flacco was the best quarterback in camp (over Troy Smith and Kyle Boller), but he can't tell right now between Clemens and Sanchez, who yesterday signed a five-year deal that could be worth as much as $60 million.
Ryan said the money won't be a factor in his decision.
"I understand that with him getting the money, but the job as a coach is you’ve got to play the best guys and what gives you the chance to win. I have to do what’s best for our football team. If that means we play a rookie, so be it. If we play Kellen Clemens, so be it. The guy is going to have to earn that job. That’s what’s great about the competition. This is working exactly how you'd want it to work. Not that it's a slam dunk. It’s a great competition because both of them have really looked god. If they both looked terrible, you'd really be in trouble."
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