The Jets' current quarterback dilemma has a painful lesson.

Sometimes it's better to lock yourself into shaky quarterback play for one year

than to lock yourself into shaky quarterback play for multiple years.

We'll discuss today on Locked-on Jets.

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And that's our first question.

It comes from Chris, who writes, John, thanks as always for the great podcast every day.

We'd love to know what you would do about quarterback, who you think they should get for next year and beyond.

Also, if you could answer the same question in terms of what you think they will actually do,

that would be great to hear also.

Chris, thank you for the kind words.

I don't have a single quarterback in mind for the Jets, and I've been talking a lot about this over the last couple of weeks and we'll continue to talk about it as we head into a free agency.

Because what I've settled on is I don't think the Jets

can lock in their long-term quarterback this offseason. You know, we can go down the list of

options. And I think it's fair to say everything changed when Dante Moore returns to Oregon

for another season. I think that the Jets were very likely to pick more if he

had entered the NFL draft. And by the way, I'm not convinced that he necessarily would have

been a great fit for the Jets because I think he's a guy who needs a little bit more seasoning.

I think he needs development. And I think the Jets would have thrown him in immediately onto a shaky

roster. But the names that we're mentioning, I don't think any of them are really long-term

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