Kevin O'Connell To Re-Join Jets

Probably just to keep him around one more to develop for when Brunell is gone. Can’t hurt, can it?

Exactly what part is a waste. I mean they lose nothing, he doesn’t take a roster spot, and Ainge is still with the team too after rehab. Hopefully they will both have the opportunity to show what they have next year.

I thought they cut them early so that won’t happen and give the bubble players limited information.

I think there is a team out there that might sign him with a real chance of being a starter, or atleast a competition going into training camp.

I don’t think thats the case. I mean I think Ainge is completely dependent on his addiction and off field problems (which I know nothing of), if he’s ready and eligible next year he probably battles it out with O’Connel for the #2 or at the very least #3. Clemmens and Brunell will probably both be gone.

He is a former 2nd rounder, the highest picked QB in Pats history since Bledsoe. I would guess that the Jets expect him to in the long term develop into a 2nd String QB. I guess next season they want him as #3 behind Brunnel, and after that as the #2.

Why they couldn’t just sign a career 2nd string QB is beyond me though.

he was a very smart player, with decent NFL talent and great size, the perfect recipe for a quality #2. Most draft reports I read had him ahead of Ainge in 2008. Many Pats fans were actually screaming for him to start over Cassell when Brady first went down in 2008. Now he has certainly taken a step backwards since then, but he’s only 25. And to be fair, with Brunell coming in (because they had to worry about a mentor for Sanchez), and the Jets obviously giving Clemens extra time to see if they could get someone to bite on a trade, he really didn’t get much of a chance to show anything this year. I really think they were planning on him being the #3 this year, but when Clemens bit on the pay cut, they had to keep the more certain thing.