Bryce Petty named Jets backup QB to Ryan Fitzpatrick vs. Browns

The good backup quarterback poser is over.

Bryce Petty is strictly a male behind Ryan Fitzpatrick for Sunday’s competition opposite a Browns. Todd Bowles had refused to contend if Petty or Christian Hackenberg would be a backup after Geno Smith tore his ACL in final week’s win over a Ravens.

Petty was always a likelier choice given that he formerly had been forward of Hackenberg on a abyss chart, has a year some-more knowledge and since Hackenberg did not demeanour prepared for diversion movement during training stay and a preseason. On Oct. 19, Bowles pronounced Hackenberg was “not ready.” However, Bowles kept people guessing by observant he wanted to watch Petty and a former Penn State quarterback in use during a week to establish a backup.

That Petty is a No. 2 means he stays a favorite to get a initial diversion movement if and when a Jets give adult on this deteriorate and demeanour toward a future.

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