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The Rams released Clemens on Friday.||||||| Clemens struggled in the preseason finale, going 2 for 8 for 10 yards with an interception.

Clemens or No. 3 quarterback Tom Brandstater could start Monday night with the Rams' top two quarterbacks injured.||||||| Clemens split duties Friday with No. 3 quarterback Tom Brandstater, who did not take any reps with the first team Saturday. Clemens caught coach Steve Spagnuolo's eye with his practice performance. "I'll tell you what, I am thoroughly impressed with the command in the huddle and spitting out the verbiage and just some little things I saw in there," Spagnuolo said. "He did a nice job with it."

Clemens, a restricted free agent, has signed his tender with the New York Jets.||||||| Clemens tells The Associated Press in an e-mail Tuesday that he signed it Monday, giving the Jets four quarterbacks on their roster. The 2006 second-round draft pick had hoped to find a starting opportunity elsewhere during the offseason. He has competed for the Jets' starting job the last few years, but his future with the Jets is as a backup behind Mark Sanchez. New York also has Erik Ainge and Kevin O'Connell on its roster.

Clemens was effective as a game manager against against Tampa Bay on Saturday, passing for 111 yards in the win.||||||| It was his first start with the Jets in two years as he filled in for the injured Mark Sanchez. He went 12 of 23 and didn't have a touchdown, but also didn't throw an interception.