New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy passed for 185 yards against San Diego. (AP photo by Kathy Willens)
Greg McElroy‘s run as the New York Jets’ starting quarterback may last only one game because of injury.
According to NBCsports.com, McElroy is suffering from an abdominal injury, which could lead to Mark Sanchez or Tim Tebow playing in his place Sunday against Buffalo.
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New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy will get his first NFL start Sunday against San Diego. (AP photo by Wade Payne)
Here is The Associated Press report:
NEW YORK (AP) — Rex Ryan has benched Mark Sanchez and will start third-string quarterback Greg McElroy in the New York Jets’ game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.
Sanchez threw four interceptions Monday night and couldn’t handle a low snap with the game on the line as the Jets were eliminated from playoff contention with a 14-10 loss at Tennessee.
Ryan said after the game that he wasn’t ready to decide who would start against the Chargers, but chose McElroy over Sanchez and backup Tim Tebow after talking with his staff and others in the organization Tuesday.
McElroy, a seventh-round pick last year out of Alabama, helped lead the Jets to a 7-6 win over Arizona on Dec. 2 when Ryan pulled Sanchez from that game late in the third quarter.
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Keep the towel in your mouth, Tim Tebow, because Nick Saban has no use for a speech like the one you gave after Florida’s loss to Ole Miss in 2008. (AP photo by Lynne Sladky)
Alabama’s players have heard plenty about the Tim Tebow speech this week from Tide head coach Nick Saban.
In 2008, eventual national champion Florida lost a game, and in the postgame news conference, Tebow said it wouldn’t happen again. Thus was born a legendary moment in Florida football history.
But here’s Saban’s response: “Do you have to have an ‘I told you so’ game and does somebody have to give that speech for you to do what you need to do to realize what’s at stake?”
He’s not a big fan of the speech, especially because of what it took to bring it about.
“Guess what? Guess who? Guess when? Somebody beat them. At home, in their place and then there was the famous speech,” Saban said.
And bring us to Saban’s second point: The team that hung that loss on Tebow and Florida was Ole Miss, which will be No. 1-ranked Alabama’s opponent Saturday.
“We don’t have to have something bad happen for something to wake us up,” Alabama tight end Michael Williams said. “We’re very aware of that speech and how everything happened there. We’re going to come out and play 60 minutes.”
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