A Case for Kellen

It's his third team in 2011. Former Jets QB Kellen Clemens is now a member of the St. Louis Rams and will serve as a backup.

Rather than keep defending him and wishing him well when he could very well be a Bill next month, I am going to write my case for him being a backup.

In 2006, the Jets drafted QB Kellen Clemens to back up Chad Pennington and eventually succeed him. When Pennington was injured in 2006 and most of 2007, he was given his chance to shine and didn't do so. After that, he was pushed aside for Brett Favre and later Mark Sanchez, eventually ceding his backup role to Mark Brunell and Kevin O'Connell, barely returning in 2010 as a third-string after O'Connell's injury. In 2008, he served as the Jets impromptu place kicker, but never was called to kick.

After the lockout, the Jets let Clemens walk away as a free agent and he signed with Washington, who in turn cut him and he signed with the Texans, who cut him And now he finds himself on the Rams.

His career stats may not be impressive (5 TD vs. 11 INT), 1,686 passing yards, with no real highlights. I feel he has the stuff to be one of the best backup quarterbacks in the league, and may one day be a Superbowl champion on a team, even if he serves as the backup QB or holder for field goals.

Kellen Clemens may have been a draft bust in 2006, but his ability (albeit as a backup) is one I feel could be worthy of a Superbowl caliber team.