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On Wednesday, the New York Jets announced that Geno Smith will replace the slumping Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback. The team is 1-5 with a microscopic chance of making the playoffs. Fitzpatrick has thrown a league-high 11 interceptions and has led the offense to only three touchdowns in the past four games -- all losses.Did the Jets make the right call by benching Fitzpatrick and promoting Smith? With four QBs on the roster, there are a few different schools of thought here:Yes, Fitzpatrick was bad, and Smith deserves a shot. He cant do any worse than Fitzpatrick.No, Smith was a disaster in 2013 and 2014. They shouldve stayed with Fitzpatrick until one of the young quarterbacks is ready.They should start Bryce Petty, giving him a chance to audition for 2017. Petty is rusty, having missed five weeks with a shoulder injury, but so what? Why waste time with Smith?They should go into a total rebuild, elevating rookie Christian Hackenberg to the No. 1 role. Hey, why not? 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Stuart Lancaster watched on with pride as England completed the year unbeaten but he is focused on helping to end the Anglo-French monopoly of the Champions Cup when Leinster travel to Northampton Saints on Friday evening.Lancaster -- the former England boss -- took up his Leinster position as senior coach in September; a post focused on attack and defence and is more hands-on than the one he had with the national side. He is enjoying life in Dublin and offering his coaching thoughts to a team headed up by Leo Cullen.Friday nights match at Franklins Gardens will be the first time he has coached back in England since he left the national team post in the wake of the 2015 World Cup and he is looking forward to catching up with familiar faces having coached a host of the Saints squad in his former roles with the Rugby Football Union.But that spell is consigned to a previous life and Lancaster is concentrating on how to unpick the Saints defence and ensure Leinster, who are top of Pool 4, progress to the knockouts.?The English teams have a really tough 12 teams and in the PRO12 the top end teams that we play against -- theres the Ospreys, the Scarlets beat us the other day -- and across the board the top end teams in the PRO12 are well-equipped to go head-to-head with the English and French teams, Lancaster said.Speaking to coaches from the other teams and understanding the pride that Ulster, Munster and Glasgow have, there was a real sense of disappointment [at last years Champions Cup performance across the PRO12].The European Cup is a massive motivator for the PRO12 teams. Glasgow beat Leicester in the first match this season and that set the marker to show the level of competition in thhe PRO12 is right up there.dddddddddddd Having coached in it now I can see why any game is competitive.The Saints will be buoyed by their returning England contingent and Lancaster has kept an eye on their fortunes over the past year. He is not surprised by their success and says Eddie Jones deserves the credit for getting the best out of a very experienced team.And when asked if Lancaster felt an element of pride at Englands unbeaten year, he said: Yeah, obviously. We finished the World Cup in hugely disappointing fashion, but I sat down with Eddie not long after I lost the role and Eddie came in.I said to him, I think theres a good squad here, a good group of players. Hes brought his own personality and style to the team, which theyve benefited from. You are pleased that the hard work has paid off.Lancaster was linked with a number of posts before taking up the Leinster job and continues to be mentioned when vacancies arise. Recently he was suggested as a possible successor to Pat Lam at Connacht but he is focused solely on his Leinster contract, which runs to the end of the season.Im certainly having to prove myself to players here [at Leinster], Lancaster said. These players are top end players who have been coached by some very good coaches. Thats what drives me more than anything else.I dont miss certain parts of the [head coach] job and I do enjoy being back coaching again. Well see. Im pretty open-minded about the future. Its been a great move to come back into a top-end European club with great players. But Ive learned now not to plan too far ahead. ' ' '