Ray Lucas
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Sep 26, 2026
Gary MyersHOST
And The Jets floundered for a while with Rick Meyer.
Gary MyersHOST
It wasn't until Parcells switched to Ray Lucas that the Jets went on a roll the second half of the season.
Gary MyersHOST
After getting off to a 2-6 start, Lucas guided them to a 6-2 finish, and they finished 8-8, which was...
Gary MyersHOST
Looking at it, looking back on it rather, 8-8 with Rick Meyer and Ray Lucas was pretty impressive, but I always felt like if Parcells had gone to Lucas a little bit earlier, based on what we saw from Lucas when he finally got a chance to play, that the Jets potentially could have made the playoffs.
Gary MyersHOST
The team had a hard time recovering emotionally from Vinny's injury because that was a team that was built to go to the Super Bowl after the Jets – made it as far as the AFC Championship game.
Gary MyersHOST
The previous season, Parcells made a lot of win-now moves in that offseason leading to the 99 season, and I felt that Bill had a tough time getting over his injury, and as a result, so did the team, and by switching to Lucas, he added energy to to that team to that 99 Jets team and they responded to him and finished strong and then Bill walked away from coaching the Jets after that year we never know what would have happened if Vinny had not gotten hurt but it's just part of the game I mean Injuries, unfortunately, are a fact of life in the NFL.
Bill ParcellsGUEST
We can do it with Jeff Hosteller.
Bill ParcellsGUEST
We can do it with Ray Lucas.
Bill ParcellsGUEST
We can do it with anybody that goes in there if the rest of us will step up and understand how we now have to play.
Gary MyersHOST
And just as it relates to the Giants, John Harbaugh has experience with Lamar Jackson getting hurt.
Bob PapaHOST
"What are you guys gonna do to fix this?" Meaning, what are you guys as a coaching staff gonna do to work around not having our quarterback? So they went, you guys went through Rick Mirer, and that didn't really work.
Bob PapaHOST
And Ray Lucas, who was playing special teams and stuff for the Jets-
Carl BanksHOST
Yeah
Bob PapaHOST
... winds up going in and playing quarterback, and the Jets that year came within one game of making the playoffs and-
Carl BanksHOST
Just like you said.
Carl BanksHOST
And, um, they knew Mirer wasn't the guy.
Carl BanksHOST
There were some in the room, and, um, Charlie could probably talk about it a little bit too, that wasn't sure about Ray Lucas.
Carl BanksHOST
That's why Mirer was there.
Dan GracaHOST
Mirer started, and that was the beginning of, like, the ineptitude with the offense.
Dave RothenbergHOST
And then, and then they went to Ray Lucas later in the year, right?
Dan GracaHOST
Too little too late.
Dave RothenbergHOST
Right.
Sal LicataHOST
Not going to happen with Jameis, but could this be a Matt Castle, Bill Belichick situation? Brady goes down, Matt Castle was competent enough.
Sal LicataHOST
Could this be a Bill Parcells? You know, Testaverde goes out, but they were still competent with Ray Lucas taking over for the majority of those games.
Sal LicataHOST
You know, this has happened before where good head coaches figure out a way to win some football games.
Sal LicataHOST
Now, I mean, you could reference last year, Andy Green's a great head football coach, but without Patrick Holmes, the Chiefs couldn't do anything.
Mike LupicaGUEST
I remember I wrote a column that day about following the ambulance to the hospital in New York City.
Mike LupicaGUEST
Somehow, as bleak as it looked in the moment, Parcells figured it out with first Rick Meyer, who stunk, okay? And then, Mike, he went 7-2 down the stretch with Ray Lucas as his quarterback, and they nearly made the playoffs.
Mike LupicaGUEST
And a lot of Jets fans I know still think that if he'd made the move to Lucas earlier...
Mike LupicaGUEST
They would have made it.
Mike LupicaGUEST
My problem is, even though Ray Lucas is not going to go to Canton, I don't think Jameis Winston could be that guy, Mike.
Mike LupicaGUEST
I'm sure you had the same feeling I did watching him the other night because you started to – I know you did.
Mike LupicaGUEST
You doubted whether he was still right-handed, didn't you?
John JastremskiHOST
But that team started like 1-6, 1-7.
John JastremskiHOST
Parcells swapped Rick Meyer out, who he brought in, who was a total stiff loser, and went to Ray Lucas.
John JastremskiHOST
And Ray Lucas played his ass off down the stretch.
John JastremskiHOST
And the Jets went from like 1-7 to 8-8.
John JastremskiHOST
And it was the last year Parcells coached the Jets.
Don La GrecaHOST
It was after Testaverde came back from his Achilles.
Don La GrecaHOST
There was a game, I want to say it was like in 2000, where Testaverde had to leave the game and Ray Lucas was brought in.
Don La GrecaHOST
He just wasn't ready.
Don La GrecaHOST
And they lost the game.
SteveAUDIENCE
When the Jets got Bill Parcells for the three years, he did it with mirrors for the most part.
SteveAUDIENCE
They had Ray Lucas at quarterback who couldn't throw.
SteveAUDIENCE
Different
Tommy LugauerHOST
time, though.
Brandon TierneyHOST
So, Rich, I need your answer.
Brandon TierneyHOST
Can we be in agreement here that Parcells, when Vinny went down, when he kept riding out Rick Myra for some inexplicable reason, and then, you know, now Ray was a limited quarterback.
Brandon TierneyHOST
We all love Ray Lucas.
Brandon TierneyHOST
But when he finally got to Ray, Jets started winning some games.
Brandon TierneyHOST
They finished 8-8.
Brandon TierneyHOST
That's one of the bigger miscalculations I think Parcells has ever made in his career.
Brandon TierneyHOST
You agree?
Rich CiminiHOST
I think he's told me over the years that it's probably one of his bigger regrets that he didn't go to Ray Lucas sooner.
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