Uncle Josh is up in the air as far as his 2019 plans go: Tannehill was just traded to the Titans, so you can nix a potential reunion with Gase. Who do you want as our QB2?
It is not like we are a play off team or a championship team. If Sam is injured the season will not have any meaning any way. Goal here is to elevate Sam's play during the year and get him ready for years ahead. Go with a cheap option and call it a day.
Surely I'm jumping the gun here, but why on March 15th are you declaring we can't potentially be a WC team? Especially with the moves we've made thus far.
McCown is perfect and he knows it. He knows the Jets are in total flux but also playing to win now. New coaches, new weapons, baby QB, big question marks on the O-line. Big questions about cohesion in general. How will this all fit together??? In this time of upheaval, it's hard to put a price tag on a mature, veteran presence who's already bonded with Sam for a year. So McCown says, "Well, I'd LOVE to stick around... BUT... my family and all... (cough cough, pay me again.)"
Agree it's about the money. And, if he does "retire", he won't be singing if I were a rich man yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum - because he is a rich man.