Elijah Moore, the Jets’ 22-year-old second-year receiver, shocked everybody this week when he demanded a trade from the surging New York Jets. Moore, who was said to be upset on Thursday, was sent home by head coach Robert Saleh before practice to calm down and spend time with his family.
Unfortunately for him, the Jets have no intention of trading Moore.
His quarterback, Zach Wilson, spoke to reporters before news of Moore’s trade request circulated on Thursday.
“We just haven’t thrown much,” Wilson said, via Max Goodman of FanNation. “A lot of opportunity hasn’t gone around. It’s not a thing where I’m trying to avoid him or whatever it is because he’s a great player. I’m going through my progressions. I’m telling him, we’re talking, we’re talking about routes and how we can clean things up every week. It’s just being patient and trusting the process. I only had 10 completions last week, and we won the game.”
Moore wasn’t targeted once in New York’s upset win over the Packers this past Sunday. He has just four catches and 64 receiving yards in the three games since Wilson returned from his knee injury.
In an appearance on the “Up & Adams” show, former Jets WR Brandon Marshall took major issue with what Wilson said about his WR. Marshall felt Wilson handled questions about the Moore situation “totally wrong” and suggested he made too many excuses regarding why Moore has not been more involved in the offense.
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“I saw Zach Wilson’s presser yesterday. He handled it totally wrong,” Marshall said. “He should have came out and said that this is my guy and I’m going to find ways to get him the ball. He came out with other excuses that were valid, but you don’t say that publicly. You go to your guy and say ‘I’m going to find a way.’”
The Jets have been relying heavily on their run game and it has brought them much success. Last week at Lambeau, New York exploded for 179 rushing yards. Wilson had just 110 passing yards, completing only 10 passes.
If it has them at 4-2, why change anything?
