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The Jets’ plan is simple: Start the rookie if he’s healthy.
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The "fair and open" competition has been a charade from Day One, complete with organizational shenanigans (including changing the rules along the way) designed to help Smith.
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However, the team needlessly and unconvincingly put on a four-month show that led us to think Sanchez had just as much of a chance as Smith to be the Week 1 starter.
Manish Mehta August 24, 2013:
Here's the worst kept secret in JetLand: Geno Smith has lost the QB competition to Mark Sanchez. #nyj
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) August 25, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Manish Mehta.