Zach Wilson has played four games for the Jets since returning from his knee injury. The Jets are 1-3 in those games, the offense has not gained 300 yards in any of them and they are averaging 18 points per game in those games.
The rookie quarterback was asked after Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Dolphins how much responsibility falls on him for the offense’s struggles in those areas.
“Yeah, I don’t worry about any of that stuff,” Wilson said, quickly dismissing the question.
There are only three games remaining in Wilson’s rookie season and it sure would be nice for the Jets to see some signs that he is the franchise quarterback they thought they were drafting at No. 2 overall.
On Sunday, he went 13 of 23 for 170 yards with a rushing touchdown and a fumble. He was sacked six times. Wilson completed just four passes in the second half and the Jets’ fourth-quarter possessions with the game in the balance ended like this: Wilson fumble, punt, punt, turnover on downs.
“Everyone is always going to look to the quarterback,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said. “That’s just natural. Call me old school. It’s a collective effort. It’s receivers winning one-on-one, it’s O-line protecting, it’s the run game going, and then obviously it’s Zach delivering the football where it needs to be delivered and in a timely manner. So it’s not all on Zach. It’s on all of us.”
Wilson did make some nice improvisational plays. He scrambled for a first down, making a tough run. On a throwback play, he ran around to keep the play alive and then found Ryan Griffin for a 23-yard gain. He looked more like the quarterback he was at BYU.
“I feel like this was my biggest game as far as playing free,” Wilson said. “Having that mentality of scramble around, make some guys miss, just play free, just react to what the defense is giving us. They did some things we weren’t expecting, and you got to just try and make some plays out of it.”
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The rookie quarterback was asked after Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Dolphins how much responsibility falls on him for the offense’s struggles in those areas.
“Yeah, I don’t worry about any of that stuff,” Wilson said, quickly dismissing the question.
There are only three games remaining in Wilson’s rookie season and it sure would be nice for the Jets to see some signs that he is the franchise quarterback they thought they were drafting at No. 2 overall.
On Sunday, he went 13 of 23 for 170 yards with a rushing touchdown and a fumble. He was sacked six times. Wilson completed just four passes in the second half and the Jets’ fourth-quarter possessions with the game in the balance ended like this: Wilson fumble, punt, punt, turnover on downs.
“Everyone is always going to look to the quarterback,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said. “That’s just natural. Call me old school. It’s a collective effort. It’s receivers winning one-on-one, it’s O-line protecting, it’s the run game going, and then obviously it’s Zach delivering the football where it needs to be delivered and in a timely manner. So it’s not all on Zach. It’s on all of us.”
Wilson did make some nice improvisational plays. He scrambled for a first down, making a tough run. On a throwback play, he ran around to keep the play alive and then found Ryan Griffin for a 23-yard gain. He looked more like the quarterback he was at BYU.
“I feel like this was my biggest game as far as playing free,” Wilson said. “Having that mentality of scramble around, make some guys miss, just play free, just react to what the defense is giving us. They did some things we weren’t expecting, and you got to just try and make some plays out of it.”
Zach Wilson gets dismissive when asked about his role in Jets’ struggles
Zach Wilson was asked after Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Dolphins how much responsibility falls on him for the offense’s struggles in those areas.
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