Josh McCown is going from mentor to starter this week for the New York Je

ts.The 39-year-old quarterback will be under center Sunday against the Buffalo Bills in place of injured rookie Sam Darnold http://www.billsfootballauthentics.com/micah-hyde-jersey-authentic , who's sidelined with a strained right foot."I'm ready to rule him out as a starter for this week," coach Todd Bowles said of Darnold on Thursday. "I don't know if I'll rule him out yet for the game."That means Darnold still could potentially be the No. 2 quarterback on Sunday. If not, Davis Webb would be promoted from the practice squad to serve as McCown's backup.Either way, the starting job is McCown's 鈥?at least for this week."I'm extremely comfortable with him," Bowles said. "We talk all the time. He understands the game and the team, and we see things the same way. So I'm comfortable."McCown has not taken a snap in a regular-season game this season as the Jets have focused on developing Darnold. The No. 3 overall pick won the job out of training camp, but was injured during New York's 13-6 loss at Miami last Sunday.McCown was the Jets' starter last season and had a career year before being sidelined the last three games with a broken left hand. Since the summer, McCown has spoken highly of Darnold and expressed excitement about being able to have a hand in the youngster's development.Darnold has received lots of advice and tips from McCown on the sideline and practice field. Now, he'll have no choice but to watch."I say it all the time: That's why we do this, to play," McCown said Wednesday when Darnold's injury was announced. "If that's the case, you're torn because your friend and a teammate, it means he can't go. In that regard, I don't wish that on anybody, but at the same time as a professional http://www.billsfootballauthentics.com/stephen-hauschka-jersey-authentic , as a backup quarterback you have to serve your team in that role and go in and play winning football."That's what's fun, that's what you look forward to and that's why you play this game. And, we'll go out and compete."The Jets are ranked 29th in overall offense, including 28th in the passing game. Some of the struggles can be attributed to the inexperience of Darnold, who has an NFL-leading 14 interceptions. During New York's current three-game losing streak, the rookie has thrown two touchdown passes and seven INTs.So, some might consider the injury a blessing in disguise. It allows Darnold to take a breather and give McCown a chance to perhaps get the offense back on track."Obviously, Josh has played a long time in this league," wide receiver Jermaine Kearse said. "So throughout the weeks, he sees things a lot quicker. Just the mental aspects, he's a lot further, just with his experience and being in the league. So, him just being able to see things a lot quicker, you know, the tempo kind of picked up a little bit."Bowles made it clear http://www.billsfootballauthentics.com/star-lotulelei-jersey-authentic , however, that this is no long-term solution. When Darnold is healthy, he'll step right back into the starting role."Yeah," Bowles said, "he's our quarterback."Even if McCown is playing well when Darnold is fully healthy?"Sam is our quarterback," Bowles answered.Bowles was then asked why that would automatically be the case with Darnold."Because he's our starter and he won the job," the coach said. "I feel comfortable with him in there and I feel comfortable with Josh in there."While Darnold is the easy target and he has shouldered the blame for the struggles on offense, the Jets have several other culprits. Center Spencer Long has dealt with a finger injury that has led to several wayward snaps out of the shotgun, disrupting the timing of plays. Wide receivers Quincy Enunwa and Robby Anderson have been dealing with ankle injuries, and there have been blown plays and dropped passes by several players."Like I've said, we didn't play well as an offense," Bowles said. "He didn't play well last game, but there's a couple people that have had bad games here and there, so we go from there."Offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates has taken some heat, as well. The Jets are 18th in points with 198 and have scored just 17 touchdowns on offense. They also rank 30th in the league in first-down success (15.8 percent) and third-down conversions (30.8 percent)."We have to score more points and that's on me http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/lorenzo-alexander-jersey ," Bates said. "I need to put our players in better positions to be successful, need to put our players in better position to score touchdowns and that's my responsibility. We have to score points in this league to win football games."NOTES: CB Trumaine Johnson was a full participant at practice for the first time in more than a month after being sidelined with an injured right quadriceps. He's planning to play Sunday. "Man, it's been a month and a couple days, so I'm definitely ready," he said. "Just sitting out there supporting the team and my teammates is a different feeling, but I'm anxious to get back out there." ... Long (knee/finger), Anderson (ankle), Enunwa (ankle), TE Neal Sterling (concussion) and NT Steve McLendon (ankle) didn't practice. ... LG James Carpenter (shoulder) was limited. This Sunday, the Buffalo Bills will be looking to string together their first winning streak of the year when they take on the Houston Texans. We spoke to Chris Watkins from Battle Red Blog for a scouting report on the Texans. Chris talked about everything from the health of the team’s quarterback to his thoughts on whether the team will make a move ahead of the trade deadline in a couple weeks. 1) How important was it for the Texans to come out of the Cowboys game with that overtime victory?Frankly, it was the season. Even though the Jaguars and Titans only have three wins, if ever there was a “must win” in Week 5, this was it. It put the Texans somehow one game off the pace in the AFC South and helped to build confidence that the Texans can get this thing turned around after such a horrific start. Really the resurgence started in Week 4 when the Texans returned to more of the offense that worked so well in 2017. I still have no clue why Bill O’Brien insisted on extending the offense’s preseason three games into the regular season, but here we are.2) Is there any reason to be concerned over the chest injury Deshaun Watson is dealing with?Absolutely. It’s no secret locally or nationally that Watson has been getting thrashed both due to poor offensive line play and to his own recklessness. Specifically in the win over the Cowboys, the offensive line had by far its best performance of the season in terms of protecting Watson - but suddenly Watson was putting himself at risk by not throwing the ball away and not sliding on runs. Couple that with some questionable designed-run play calls and it’s no exaggeration to say Texans fans know it’s a “when” scenario and not “if” Watson misses extended time due to injury.3) What has been the glaring weakness on the team so far?I have to give you three. In no particular order 1) The offensive line play. It’s been decent run-blocking and also terrible. It’s been terrible pass-blocking and also average to below average. Plus they’ve had a different starting lineup for each of the first five weeks if I’m not mistaken. 2) The secondary has been a MESS. The unit had its best game of the year by far against the Cowboys http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/jeremy-kerley-jersey , but of course the Cowboys currently do not have a plus QB and they may be the least talented WR corps in the NFL. 3) Bill O’Brien. Confounding play calling, head-scratching clock management, questionable challenges (and non-challenges), lack of aggressiveness in obvious scenarios that call for it, and above all - the above-referenced flip back to the offense that better suits Deshaun Watson over whatever-the-hell was happening in weeks 1-3.4) With the trade deadline a couple weeks away, do you see the team looking to make any moves?I do not. It’s never been this team’s M.O. and I don’t expect that to change this year. If anything they could make a very minor move for the offensive line or secondary, but I doubt even that will happen unless they feel like they can get something for JD Clowney - but they would be NUTS to move him, in my opinion.5) Aside from Hopkins v White, is there another matchup you are looking forward to seeing?The Houston pass rush against the Bills O-Line/Josh Allen. I saw some VERY ugly numbers about Allen’s effectiveness when he’s under pressure - dead last in the league if I’m remembering correctly (Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Chris is remembering correctly). The Texans will be coming after him HARD, and Houston is pretty good against the run so I’m not too worried about Shady and Ivory getting a ton of yards, especially after how the Texans bottled up Ezekiel Elliott.