Written by Conor Orr at NFL.com
The scene played out like bad improv theater.
Jets coach Todd Bowles, fresh from saying the Jets got their “asses kicked” 13 different times (we counted), noted that 2015 fourth-round pick Bryce Petty would start the remainder of the regular season and that the decision was made prior to Monday’s loss.
“We could have won 45-0, (Bryce) was going to start the last four games,” he said, following the 41-10 loss to Indianapolis (6-6) at MetLife Stadium. “That’s the slot we had penciled for him, that’s a good time to take a look at him.”
He added: “I have not said anything to anybody.”
QB Bryce Petty now scheduled to start Jets’ final four games this season.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 6, 2016
Waiting behind a black curtain that separated the postgame news conference area and Jets locker room, was Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick wasbenched at halftime when the Jetswere down 24-3 and, apparently, had just found out that he played his final down as a member of the Jets. He will almost certainly not be back next season.
In seemingly conflicting, or at least muddled statements, Fitzpatrick said he knew the information “walking out to the podium,” and then later said a few members of the Jets’ coaching staff informed him of the decision in the locker room after the game. Bowles made it a point to almost never reveal his plans at quarterback after previous games this season.
Fitzpatrick does not know if he’ll be active this weekend when the team takes on the 49ers in San Francisco.
“I don’t know (what my role is),” Fitzpatrick said. “I’ll have to ask Todd what he wants me to do.”
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