Bryce Petty suffers MCL Sprain, Should be 'Ok'

It says a lot when an injury to the presumptive third string quarterback makes headlines, but when it comes to the Jets -- nothing is normal.

During last night's 32-31 loss to the Giants, quarterback Bryce Petty was having the game of his life until one of his teammates rolled up on Petty's leg, and twisting his knee in the process. Petty left the game with staff concerned that the knee was not stable. Fortunately for Petty the injury is not severe.

An MRI on Sunday revealed that the injury was just a MCL sprain, and Petty hopes to be ready for the Jets preseason finale against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Petty might find himself in the running for the starting job, considering he had a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3 against the Big Blue, and brought the Jets back from a 29-3 deficit. He had three touchdowns in the effort, and threw for 250 yards in the second half. He has been the Jets most polished passer in in-game action this summer.

While the Jets have oddly kept presumptive starter Josh McCown on the pine for an undisclosed reason (do we smell injury), Petty is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of Christian Hackenberg for at least the back-up job.