Eight months after a guy named Rex was fired as head coach of the Jets, a guy named Rex may be joining the quarterback carousel.
According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the Jets already have reached out to free-agent Rex Grossman.
A 2003 first-round pick of the Bears who most recently spent time with the Browns in 2014, Grossman has no prior connection to the coach Todd Bowles, offensive coordinator Chan Gailey, or quarterback coach Kevin Patullo.
However, Grossman spent 2009 in Houston, where Jets G.M. Mike Maccagnan spent many seasons as a front-office executive.
Another name to perhaps keep an eye on is Tyler Thigpen, who played for Gailey with the Chiefs and Bills. Like Grossman, Thigpen was last with the Browns in 2014.
