About 48 hours after saying he wasn’t prepared to present the reins again to Zach Wilson, Robert Saleh finally took the plunge on Wednesday, stating that Wilson will as soon as once more be the Jets’ beginning quarterback for Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Houston Texans.
“Zach provides us our greatest change to win,” Saleh said of Wilson. “Giving him one other alternative to go show that. He was good. He is fired up. Like I mentioned on Monday, he got here into my workplace, he desires the ball. He is enthusiastic about getting this chance.”
Wilson is 3-6 in his 9 begins this season. However poor play led Saleh to bench him in favor of Tim Boyle over the Jets’ previous two video games. However Boyle did not present an improve on the place over that span, which apparently led to Wilson getting one other likelihood.
Whereas nobody would confuse him for Aaron Rodgers, Wilson performed properly sufficient for the Jets to put up a 4-3 file following a 13-10 win over the Giants on Oct. 29. However that win was adopted by three straight losses that noticed the offense rating simply 24 factors. That led to Saleh making the change to Boyle, who led the offense to simply 21 factors in losses to Miami and Atlanta.
Tumultuous could be an applicable phrase to sum up Wilson’s time in New York. The previous No. 2 general decide has received simply 11 of his 31 begins, has accomplished simply 56.6 p.c of his throws and has extra interceptions (25) than landing passes (21). He’s having fun with a career-high in completion share this season, nevertheless, and has solely thrown seven interceptions in 321 move makes an attempt.
Including to Wilson’s plight was a current report that he didn’t need one other alternative to start out this season, a notion that Saleh refuted on Monday.
“Let’s be clear, if he was reluctant to play, guys, he would not be right here,” Saleh mentioned, via the team’s website.
It is now or by no means time for Wilson and the Jets, who have to beat Houston if they’ve any hopes at making the playoffs. Wilson will face a Texans secondary that’s twenty sixth within the NFL in passing yards allowed however is simply second in landing passes allowed.
