Being the No. 2 pick overall in the NFL Draft will garner a ton of pressure, but even more so when you play in the media capital of the country.
On Sunday, New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson tossed four interceptions in a 25-6 loss to the New England Patriots at MetLife Stadium. He was booed by the crowd as his parents watched on.
Former Jets head coach Rex Ryan said Monday on ESPN’s “Get Up!” that it’s way too early to rush to judgement on Wilson, and then proceeded to make a shocking claim.
“If you’re a coach, you look at the mirror first. Why did my kid play this poorly, alright? Look, he’s the most talented guy that the Jets have had playing the position since Joe Namath. So mark it down, I’m telling you, it’s the truth.
“So now, as a coach you got to look at it. And when I talk about, well how can we make it easy? Obviously your play designs, right? Look at (Bill) Belichick. Everyone’s raving about this matchup. Raving about Mac Jones. This is the next Tom Brady. What? No he’s not. No he’s not. But Belichick is a great football coach. He has them throw the football down the field, about what, four yards? He’s throwing it four yards down the field while everybody’s building confidence. Big confidence. Big confidence. And now he’s able to throw it down the field later in the game.”
Those comments from Ryan grabbed a lot of people’s attention as reactions were not in his favor.
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“Love the kid but ppl be saying anything on TV these days,” Geno Smith tweeted.”Let him develop without comparing him to everyone.. I realize it’s an opinion but that’s not the TRUTH.”
“Ah yes because Rex Ryan always knew how to pick a QB when he coached the Jets,” one fan said.
