New York Jets quarterback decision sums up feelings on Zach Wilson
The New York Jets turned down the opportunity to sign Carson Wentz after being offered him recently, resulting in his arrival at the Los Angeles Rams.
The Jets have been repeatedly told to drop Zach Wilson, their former second-overall draft pick who has played every game this season since Aaron Rodgers suffered an Achilles tendon tear which ruled him out for several months.
Heading into the Sunday Night Football on November 12, the Jets have a solid 4-4 record without Rodgers but Wilson has struggled throughout the season and it is the defensive unit that has been able to keep them in games and produce some unlikely wins.
Head coach Robert Saleh has stuck to his word in having faith with Wilson and keeping him as the starter, but the team would likely have strongly considered signing Wentz as an alternative as Rodgers recovery continues.
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A former MVP contender with the Philadelphia Eagles, Wentz was still without a team at the halfway point in the season having been released by the Washington Commanders at the end of the 2022 season, and reports claimed he was offered to the Jets.
Instead, Wentz signed a deal to join the Los Angeles Rams, where he could start in their next game against the Seattle Seahawks with Matthew Stafford nursing a thumb injury.
Jets general manager Joe Douglas has familiarity with Wentz from his time as an executive in Philadelphia, where he was drafted as the second overall player in 2016.
The Jets will continue to start Wilson until Rodgers returns, with his status throughout the rest of the season unclear despite him recently indicating that he will play.
Carson WentzWilson has thrown just five touchdowns in eight games, with their offense as a whole struggling through him. However, when asked about Wilson's struggles, Saleh said: "It's lazy to just put it all on him. It was collective all the way across the board.
"It's the easy thing to do (criticise Wilson). He's the most, him and the play caller are the two most visible things. So, when things aren't good, it's easy to blame them, right?
"It's easy to blame the people who are most visible to the camera, but it's important to keep the main thing the main thing, watch the tape. Look at the breakdowns whether it was on the offensive line at an execution standpoint, play-call standpoint.
"There's a bunch of different reasons and obviously they also get paid. So, they did a lot of really good things too, but if it was just him, it would be something that would be worth discussing, but this is a collective issue that we all need to get on the same page with.
"Whether it's dropped balls, players being where they're supposed to be, executing the way we need to execute, calling plays that need to be called, putting players in the positions they need to be put into that's all of us and yes, he has a lot of things that he needs to improve on and I know he understands that, but at the same time, this is collective."
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