After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Jets committed. Fernando Mendoza is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.

They are betting Mendoza proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They banked enough surplus on Howell to cover a lot of smaller sins. Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.