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Well, we know Brett Favre isn't coming back to the Jets. (AP Images)

The Mark Sanchez era opens Friday in tiny Cortland, N.Y., the Jets’ training camp home for three weeks. By the time they leave the Jets should have a sense of whether their prized rookie is ready to wear the crown abdicated by Brett Favre.

Sanchez can make that happen if he builds on the progress he showed last month at the end of minicamp, but there are no guarantees because this is uncharted territory. The Jets could become the first team in the modern passing era to come off a winning season with a true rookie as their opening-day quarterback.

If Sanchez turns out to be a tomorrow quarterback, it could be a slippery slope for Rex Ryan, a first-time coach with no experience in dealing with quarterbacks.

So it will be Sanchez vs. Kellen Clemens for the starting quarterback job and the smart money has to be on the big-money rookie, Sanchez.

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