Guy Bingham is hurt at center, and so Ted Banker comes off the bench to play there.

That forced Joe Fields, the center since 1975, to shift to right guard and Guy Bingham to come off the bench to play center.

Guy Bingham, the backup center who practiced against Klecko for eight seasons, describes him as having the same upper-body strength.

Guy Bingham has come off the bench to play center.

Now the Jets' center is 260-pound Guy Bingham.

Though he took part in practice all week, he was placed on injured reserve along with Guy Bingham, the backup center, who has an injured foot.

"We tried to give them different looks," explained Washington's Guy Bingham, a backup center, "but they were figuring it out."

And can someone other than Guy Bingham, recovering from foot surgery, make long snaps?

"No way they're getting my money," said Guy Bingham of the Jets.

Guy Bingham, who is in danger of losing his job at center to Jim Sweeney, said the locker room atmosphere was "real positive."