The , and a big part of just how bad they'll be will come down to their quarterback situation. , the 2016 second-round pick, didn't see the field at all as a rookie, but he'll have the opportunity to win the job in the coming weeks. The reviews through voluntary workouts , and at least one report from minicamp, which started Tuesday, had Hackenberg . But there have also been signs of progre s, hints that Hackenberg is improving. Christian Hackenberg is having the best practice today of any of the Malcolm Butler Jersey ones open to the media this spring. Looks good Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) It was far too hot for me to tweet today but take this for what it's worth, today was the best practice I've ever seen Hackenberg have Chris Nimbley (@Cnimbley) NJ.com's went so far as to call Dion Lewis Jersey Hackenberg . He was 11 of 14 with a touchdown, an interception and a dropped pa s. "He's made some progre s," coach Todd Bowles said after practice. "We're putting in a lot of stuff every day and as they get to think about it and go through it, the more reps they get the better. Him, Bryce Petty, and Josh McCown are making some progre s." McCown, the 38-year-old veteran, appears to have the inside track on Curley Culp Jersey the starting job. But wherever he ends up on the depth chart, Bowles has a reason for signing the journeyman quarterback. "Even when you go to kindergarten, somebody has to be the teacher," the coach said in comments distributed by the team. "You're not going to have everybody young. You're going to have the majority of the team young, but you're not going to have everybody young. You're going to have some guys on your team that have played some years. It is not going to be a total washout like they're all freshman coming into college, but the majority of them are young and then the other majority can help in other ways, so it's a fine line between choosing all young Adoree' Jackson Jersey and picking which guys to or not to get rid of." It's a familiar role for McCown, who served as the de facto kindergarten teacher in Cleveland several years ago when was still in the league. The good news -- if you can call it that -- is that the Jets are expected to be terrible, so if ever there was a stre s-free environment to see what Hackenberg can do, this is it. That said, it's also hard to evaluate a player -- especially a quarterback Austin Johnson Jersey -- when he's surrounded by replacement-level talent. More good news: Should the Jets live down to expectations, the 2017 NFL Draft is .