The Jets have named their starting quarterback for their Week 15 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and it is rookie Brady Cook.
Through the week, it seems like things were heading in this direction. Justin Fields and Tyrod Taylor were unable to practice due to respective knee and groin injuries.
The team also signed quarterback Adrian Martinez, who spent preseason in New York. Martinez isn’t a great prospect. In fact, the Jets chose to keep the undrafted Cook over him for the third quarterback role. If Martinez isn’t here for upside, it was likely the signing was for the need to have a backup quarterback on Sunday with some degree of familiarity with the offensive system.
Expectations will be low for Cook in this game. He is not viewed as a high level prospect, and his NFL debut against Miami got ugly. To the extent he has something working for him, at least this week he was able to get all of the first team reps in practice compared with going in cold last week. The Jets also had time to build a gameplan to try and work around Cook’s limitations to the degree such a thing is possible.