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New York Jets

McCown cycling through league's bottom feeders

Josh McCown signed with the Jets, and for that he deserves some kind of award. He’s been slaving away in lesser circumstances for the last three years, bouncing around from the Bucs to the Browns and now to the Jets – all teams with no prayer of finishing .500.

McCown is supposedly a swell guy. In his late 30s, he’s like an additional assistant coach – the perfect quarterback to mentor along a youngster. I saw a blurb suggesting he’ll wind up in a coaching role.

As a player, McCown has some Ryan Fitzpatrick in him in that he’ll go down slinging, trying to make downfield passes rather than just settling for checkdowns and happily jogging off when the punt team comes on.

But McCown has limitations. He’s not good enough to lift a lesser team to respectability.

Over the last three years, 33 quarterbacks have started at least 20 games. Of that group, McCown has the worst won-loss record. By far.

QUARTERBACKS WITH 20 STARTS SINCE 2014
PlayerWLTPct
Tom Brady3590.795
Peyton Manning1960.760
Carson Palmer25111.689
Ben Roethlisberger28130.683
Russell Wilson32151.677
Aaron Rodgers32160.667
Alex Smith30160.652
Brock Osweiler1380.619
Teddy Bridgewater17110.607
Andy Dalton26172.600
Cam Newton26181.589
Matthew Stafford27210.563
Andrew Luck21170.553
Nick Foles1190.550
Matt Ryan25230.521
Joe Flacco21210.500
Kirk Cousins18181.500
Ryan Tannehill22230.489
Ryan Fitzpatrick19200.487
Sam Bradford14150.483
Tyrod Taylor14150.483
Eli Manning23250.479
Jameis Winston15170.469
Derek Carr22250.468
Brian Hoyer13150.464
Drew Brees21260.447
Marcus Mariota11160.407
Philip Rivers18300.375
Jay Cutler12230.343
Colin Kaepernick11240.314
Blake Bortles11340.244
Josh McCown2200.091

—Ian Allan

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