If this all works out, Zach Wilson will look back at the past three weeks as the best thing that happened to him since he was drafted No. 2 overall by the Jets in 2021.
as a humbled, more mature player than he was three weeks ago.
If this all works out, the button Jets head coach Robert Saleh boldly pushed when he benched Wilson on Nov. 23 may be viewed as the most important coaching decision made in the NFL this season. who’s surely lamenting his bad effing luck right now Now we see whether Wilson, whose poor, inconsistent play and his polarizing response to a postgame question after the Jets’ Nov. 20 loss at New England were Saleh’s reasons for benching him, has been humbled and matured by this experience. On Friday inside the Jets locker room, you’d have had a hard time wiping the smile off of Wilson’s face when he spoke of finding out that he was back in the starting lineup.
He was asked on Friday if, because of the place he’s been in the past couple of weeks, relegated to working as the scout team quarterback in practice, he’s concerned his margin for error is slimmer. “Well, I mean the worst has already happened, right, for me personally?’’ Wilson said, referring to his benching.
Saleh called this “a great opportunity for Zach to just get back on track and do what we know he’s capable of.’’
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