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There’s been a lot of time spent talking about the Jets’ options at quarterback this offseason with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Geno Smith and Christian Hackenberg getting a lot more airtime than 2015 fourth-round pick Bryce Petty.

Petty is rarely mentioned as a possibility to start in 2016 should the Jets and Fitzpatrick continue to make pouty faces at one another and he’s rarely mentioned as a potential starter down the line when discussions of Hackenberg’s fitness for the job are going on. Petty feels like he’s taken great strides as a quarterback over the last year, however.

“For me, where I was when they drafted me last year to where I am now, it’s night-and-day difference,” Petty said, via NJ.com. “For me, it’s a process. Just watching film, I’m seeing things. I played Madden the other day, and it’s not just picking run plays anymore. It’s like, ‘Oh, they’ve got an under front [on defense].’ You start picking up things differently. That’s exciting for me.”

Petty’s not the first quarterback to use video games to keep sharp during the offseason, but it’s hard to see a path to him getting a chance to show off what he’s learned on the field. While the Jets have paid some lip service to keeping four quarterbacks, they haven’t done the same for Petty’s chances of actually competing for the job should Fitzpatrick fail to return.