Who do you want to see as the starting QB for Gang Green this year?

At this point, we are all familiar with the rookie QB success stories from 2008 in Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan. There is much talk around town about the starting QB job and who deserves to get the shot to run things. We have a chance to either go with a somewhat battle tested, if not proven QB in Kellen Clemens, or the highly touted top 5 draft pick rookie Mark Sanchez. They are roughly the same size in terms of height and weight. Some people are saying that one has the stronger arm and the other is more accurate. Here is the bottom line in my view. The Jets traded up for Clemens in the 2006 draft, then went out this year and traded up for Sanchez. Clemens has been here and has a better grasp of the system and personnel, Sanchez has the brighter future in their eyes. I feel that they are making sure to have "the franchise" in place for the new stadium, but don't want to throw away a season this year either. So unless Sanchez plays his way in or Clemens plays his way out, Clemens will be the starting QB in Houston this year with a short leash. Now with that being said, I think that was the thinking behind the move to get Sanchez in the first place. Even if he does not start this year, he provides depth and insurance behind Clemens. The same way the team "rented" Favre for a year, they can use Clemens for a year and perhaps increase his value for a trade rather than sign him to a new deal. At the same time, should he get injured or falter, you have a blue chip draft pick waiting in the wings to take over. To go into this year with Ainge and Brad Smith as the backups to Clemens would've been risky at best. At least now, they are in a win-win situation. Should Clemens perform well, they are fielding a winning team. Should he not, then the rookie gets vauable playing time this year to build a better team for the opening season in the new stadium. The bottom line is that it's business. Sanchez will get the job sooner or later. That is all dependent on how Clemens performs. It is really early, but so far he is out performing Sanchez in OTA's. My personal opinion is that either are improvements over second half of 2008 Brett Favre. I have seen some moxie from Clemens in college and prior NFL games and he seems to be constantly overlooked so there is some underdog appeal. With that being said, if he is constantly being overlooked, then perhaps team officials know something that we don't know about his game and potential flaws in it. It was saying one thing in his favor to have him compete with Chad last year. Then they went out and got Favre as if to say they really didn't have faith in either. Then this year, it was his job heading into draft day and we all know how that turned out. I want to see the person who makes the biggest positive impact to the offense win the starting job for this years team. Clemens already has some experience playing at this level. He also has more reps total under his belt between college and the NFL combined. Sanchez gives you a quarterback that other teams will have very little film to study in preparation. With his lesser amount of reps overall, letting him sit for a year may actually be worse. The one thing I know for sure is that this year's pre-season will be one to watch!