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Thursday, 16 May 2013
David Garrard "retires" from the Jets, paving the way for Mark Sanchez to keep his job
One of Sophie's friends is a big Jets fan like me. She loves to talk football, I guess because she has something like 17 brothers. Anyway, last week she was over the house and she said to me that David Garrard was the odd man out in the Jets' QB rotation. Why? Geno Smith, that's why. Always go with the younger guy.
Girl's got ESP or something, because today David Garrard announced his "retirement."
David Garrard, signed by the Jets as a free agent in March, plans to retire, according to a source familiar with the situation. The 35-year-old Garrard had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee last year, and hasn't played in a game since the 2010 season. That knee still is bothering him, and he has decided that he cannot continue playing. However, he still is on the Jets' roster, but that likely will change very soon.
In a text to SiriusXM Radio host Adam Schein on Wednesday, Garrard said he had to "call it quits" because "my knee is not holding up. Continuing to swell after practices. Limiting what I can do."
Garrard's retirement would leave four quarterbacks on the Jets' roster: Mark Sanchez, second-round pick Geno Smith, Greg McElroy and Matt Simms. There had been much speculation the Jets might release Sanchez, who struggled mightily last season. But Garrard's impending departure means Sanchez is almost certain to stick around and compete for the starting job.
Translation: The Jets have been shopping Sanchez around but nobody wants his bloated contract, and the salary cap hit from releasing him would be too much for the team to bear. So since they're stuck with Mark Sanchez, they'd better use Mark Sanchez. Drafting Geno Smith made Garrard superfluous. Simple as that.
The stars have now aligned for Mark Sanchez. Matt Simms will head back to the practice squad. Greg McElroy will once again warm the bench on clipboard duty. And Geno Smith will be the designated #2 behind Sanchez so folks will gobble up his jerseys in the hope Rex will put him in after the bye week.
Nothing else makes sense from a business perspective.
4 and 12 here we come.
Posted at 09:05 by Chris Wysocki
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