On May 22nd—seven days ago—the New York Jets traded backup quarterback and No. 5-jersey-wearer Christian Hackenberg to the Oakland Raiders for a 2019 conditional seventh-round pick.
Teddy Bridgewater gave Hackenberg’s “fans(?)” seven days to mourn before taking the departed Hackenberg’s jersey number.
The 25-year-old former Vikings quarterback officially made the switch back to his familiar No. 5 today.
Bridgewater originally had chosen to wear No. 2 upon signing with New York.
After Week 1 of Jets OTA practices, ESPN Staff Writer Rich Cimini wrote that, if Bridgewater stays healthy, “he might be the best quarterback on the team in 2018” and “in a perfect world, Sam Darnold would have a lights-out preseason and be the opening day starter, but that’s not realistic.”
The only other quarterback on the Jets roster is Josh McCown, who turns 39 in July.
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