Despite a training camp to prove he's the team's quarterback of the future, Christian Hackenberg will begin the season third on the New York Jets' depth chart, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.
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Jets quarterback Christian Hackenberg received a brutal blow heading into the first week of the NFL season
Christian Hackenberg will begin the season as the third quarterback on the Jets' depth chart, suggesting he's not ready to play or in the team's future plans.
The move comes as a blow to Hackenberg, who finds himself behind 38-year-old journeyman quarterback Josh McCown and third-year quarterback Bryce Petty, who boasts a 3:7 touchdown-interception ratio in six games.
Hackenberg has had a somewhat infamous NFL career thus far. Most NFL analysts were surprised when the Jets took him in the second round of the 2016 draft — Pro Football Focus argued he wasn't worthy of a draft selection — and he has been on the receiving end of blunt criticism.
Last season, an anonymous coach told ESPN that Hackenberg couldn't throw the ball into the ocean. Jets owner Woody Johnson responded, saying, "
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