The New York Jets had Super Bowl aspirations from April to September 11th when they had Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback. That dream died when he got injured four minutes into the game and would not step back on the field again until 2024.
Now the team is back where they were last year with a struggling Zach Wilson. Last October, everyone was talking about Wilson and how atrocious he was against New England, and his teammates weren’t happy. After the game, Jets head coach Robert Saleh said he was sticking with Wilson, which prompted heated debate across the New York sports landscape.
Fast forward to almost the same timeframe and history is repeating itself as Wilson, in his third game relieving Aaron Rodgers, was terrible Sunday when the Patriots earned their 15th straight win over the Jets. He found himself being booed by the crowd and his teammates were imploding on the sidelines as we saw.
Head coach Robert Saleh immediately confirmed Wilson will start this Sunday when New York hosts the Kansas City Chiefs, but he may need to think long and hard about this decision.
ESPN’s Rich Cimini is reporting that players in the locker room are ready to explode.
“He’s coming off as a Zach apologist,” Cimini said of Saleh on the latest episode of his “Flight Deck” podcast. “And that doesn’t play well in the locker room. The defense, in particular, is not happy. … This defense knows that if any other player were performing his job the way Wilson is performing his, that player would be benched.
“Trust me, there’s tension in that locker room. On Tuesday morning, an off day for players, I was told that this was a hot topic among players in the locker room. I get the sense, from what I’ve seen on the sideline and from what I’m hearing, that this team could be ready to implode.”
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New York reportedly already added QB help in Trevor Siemian, and Saleh can’t afford to waste another season with an otherwise loaded roster.
Wilson was not the answer before and he is not the answer now.
Wilson is currently backed up by veteran QB Tim Boyle, but Siemian brings in quite a bit more experience as a starting quarterback in the NFL.
The Jets are 1-2 on the season coming off back-to-back losses to the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots. Wilson has thrown for 467 yards, two touchdowns, and four interceptions in his three games this year. Those numbers are not going to cut it.
