Post by Lithfan on Mar 16, 2016 5:44:35 GMT -5
March 16, 2012
The Jets signed unrestricted free agent QB, Drew Stanton, to a 1-year contract. Stanton was signed to back-up Mark Sanchez, who days earlier had received a 3-year $58 million contract extension.
5 days later, the Jets signed Tim Tebow, which marked the beginning of the end of the Stanton era. Drew, who had been told the Jets were set at the QB position upon his signing, requested a trade affter he dropped on the depth chart with the Tebow acquisition. The Jets obliged, and on March 24, 8 days after signing him, the Jets traded him with a 7th round pick to Indianapolis for the Colts 6th. A pick the Jets used to select Wake Forest Safety Josh Bush.
Stanton had originally been looking forward to his opportunity with the Jets. "Had Mark struggled, they said I'd have a chance to play," Stanton said. "So there was no better opportunity than that, and I was excited about it."
Talking about the Tebow acquisition and his brief tenure as a Jet with Newsday later in the 2012 season, Stanton would go on to say, " . . . I was blindsided by it, but it's a matter of moving on and realizing the harshness of the business in this league and how quickly things can evolve.
"They didn't have a press conference for me when I signed, but they upheld what they said, they found a good situation for me, and it's fortunate for me."
The Jets signed unrestricted free agent QB, Drew Stanton, to a 1-year contract. Stanton was signed to back-up Mark Sanchez, who days earlier had received a 3-year $58 million contract extension.
5 days later, the Jets signed Tim Tebow, which marked the beginning of the end of the Stanton era. Drew, who had been told the Jets were set at the QB position upon his signing, requested a trade affter he dropped on the depth chart with the Tebow acquisition. The Jets obliged, and on March 24, 8 days after signing him, the Jets traded him with a 7th round pick to Indianapolis for the Colts 6th. A pick the Jets used to select Wake Forest Safety Josh Bush.
Stanton had originally been looking forward to his opportunity with the Jets. "Had Mark struggled, they said I'd have a chance to play," Stanton said. "So there was no better opportunity than that, and I was excited about it."
Talking about the Tebow acquisition and his brief tenure as a Jet with Newsday later in the 2012 season, Stanton would go on to say, " . . . I was blindsided by it, but it's a matter of moving on and realizing the harshness of the business in this league and how quickly things can evolve.
"They didn't have a press conference for me when I signed, but they upheld what they said, they found a good situation for me, and it's fortunate for me."
