What It Means:

Hackenberg has mostly been working with the second team. The team apparently believes he's best served by racking up some layups against backups. Per columnist Manish Mehta, the "prevailing sentiment" is that Hackenberg is still holding onto the ball too long. Whichever way you look at it, it's hard to classify Hack's sophomore summer as promising. He'll be on the spot Saturday night against the Tennessee Titans.

Our models still project Josh McCown to start the majority of the 2017 season, racking up 3,333 passing yards, 18.11 touchdowns, and 13.63 interceptions on 526 passing attempts.