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Found December 03, 2012 on Jets Insider.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Florham Park, NJ - The entire NFL world gathered around their electronic devices this morning to hear what Rex Ryan would have to say about who the Jets starting quarterback would be, but you didn't actually think it would be that simple did you?Of course many held out hope that a definitive change would be made and many more were expecting to hear Ryan say the team would stick with Sanchez as the starter, naturally the answer was right smack in the middle."Well, I think right now I definitely need a little more time to make that decision." Ryan said,...
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