Don't expect the Jets’ players to do backflips if Mark Brunell takes over as the team’s No. 2 quarterback this season. A Daily News poll of more than a dozen starters revealed that the overwhelming majority favored Kellen Clemens over the 17-year veteran if Mark Sanchez misses any time in 2010. The Jets can’t sign Brunell, who visited the team’s training facility in April, until the “Final Eight†rule is lifted on July 22 or they lose one of their own unrestricted free agents. "Brunell? Isn't he like 50 years old?" said one player of the three-time Pro Bowl signal caller, who will turn 40 in September. "I didn't even know Brunell was still in the league until we played them last year," said another player of the former Saints’ backup, who filed for bankruptcy last week and is a reported $24.7 million in debt after failed real estate ventures. Although most of the players agreed that Brunell would be a good mentor for Sanchez, they felt he had very little to offer on the field at this stage of his career. Source: Manish Mehta, New York Daily News
haha lol ouch. Brunell was a good QB once but he is really old. I think the Jets would be better off grabbing Sage Rosenfels from the Vikings.
I dont blame them. he was very good back in the day but now I think he is less then average as a quarterback. But I think the organization will do what they want despite what the players want
Brunell is approximately 1.6747 million times better for Mark Sanchez then Kellen Clemens. Just based on the fact that Brunnell can help teach Sanchez makes the signing worth it. It may not happen soon, but it's going to happen.
True but if I were a Jet, I'd rather see him as a QB coach than play Russian Roulette with him as a backup mentor
The locker room probably doesn't want him because of the likeliness that he'll pitch estate investments to them ;)
It depends on how you phrase the question. The article said "if Sanchez misses any time in 2010." If you want somebody to mentor Sanchez the answer is Brunell. If you think that guy might actually have to play, they'd rather have Clemens. Not really a slight on Brunell, he's just 100.
Word. Smart if they have both. Like when we kept Ken Dorsey around to mentor Derek Anderson w/ Brady Quinn to back him up. Oh, wait....:icon_sad:
