Caleb Harris
When the New York Jets selected Christian Hackenberg during the second round of 2016 NFL Draft, there was some hope in the organization that he would end up being a future franchise quarterback for the team. Instead, he never played a single snap during his NFL career.
Hackenberg only lasted two seasons in New York, and a big reason for that is because the Jets seemingly had no idea what they were doing with him. During a recent interview on the Ross Tucker Podcast, the former NFL quarterback said the team had “no plans” for him. Hackenberg also said it was impossible for him to develop because the Jets carried four quarterbacks on the roster in 2016: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Bryce Petty, Geno Smith and Hackenberg.
“New York was probably the last place I should have gone, in terms of the market, in terms of expectations, the way it was,” Hackenberg said. “You know, my rookie year, we ended up keeping four quarterbacks, so there weren’t a lot of opportunities for me to develop and grow. No plan, a kind of organization of ups and downs.”
Not having the chance to develop was what hurt Hackenberg the most, because he knew he needed help figuring things out as he made the jump from Penn State to the NFL.
“When I came out, I still knew I needed a lot of things to improve,” Hackenberg said. “But at the same time, I had all these expectations and this kid’s narrative was really, really good. It was really just this battle, internally and externally, of messaging and how things were being portrayed that I had to deal with.”
Hackenberg isn’t sure if things would have worked out with another team, but he knows there was no chance of things working out in New York.
“It was just one of those things where the timing and where it all ended was not in the cards for me in that position,” Hackenberg said.
While Hackenberg places some of the blame for his failures on the Jets, he also blames himself for not being successful in the NFL.
“When I look at it introspectively, I was young, I needed a lot of help and a lot of guidance and guidance and I never sought that out,” Hackenberg said. “So that’s where my fault was, I didn’t do all these things until it was too late.”
The Jets are over changing Hackenberg to the Raiders in May 2018 and he didn’t even last a month there before being released. The quarterback ended up in Philadelphia for the 2018 preseason, but was cut before the start of the regular season. Hackenberg’s final stint as an NFL player came on the Bengals’ practice squad, where he spent two months prior being released in November 2018.
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