Earlier this week the Jets put David Garrard on the active roster and released Brady Quinn.\u00a0 Garrard didn’t go through training camp and had retired earlier this year because of concerns that his injured knee wouldn’t hold up.\u00a0 Garrard steps into a new role, one as a backup QB, he is no longer challenging for the starting QB position.\u00a0 It is a quick turn around to go from retired to on the roster in just two weeks.<\/p>\n
Rex Ryan spoke about what David Garrard showed to earn a roster spot.<\/p>\n
I think his conditioning isn\u2019t to where we\u2019d certainly like it to be eventually. That\u2019s why he works after practice every day, but it\u2019s better. It\u2019s good, I wouldn\u2019t call it great right now. But the way he\u2019s throwing the football, he can really throw the ball. I think he\u2019s good for us. He has that experience, maybe somebody that Geno can even talk to because he\u2019s been there and done it. But it was based on him physically more than anything else and the fact he\u2019s very accurate with the football and still has great touch on the deep ball. I think that was impressive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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