Overview
- Jets' Coach Robert Saleh publicly supports struggling quarterback Zach Wilson. However, Wilson's poor performance raises questions about his future with the team and intensifies fan frustration with the recent off-season roster choices.
- Zach Wilson ranks among the lowest in the NFL for performance metrics this season, including Expected Points Added, completion percentage, quarterback rating, and QBR.
- Key off-season decisions that have failed to deliver results include hiring Nathaniel Hackett as the offensive coordinator, sticking with Wilson despite his growing pains, and signing Allen Lazard and Mecole Hardman, both of which have underperformed this season.
- The Jets' offensive line struggles can also be traced back to ineffective off-season decisions: poor draft choices, an over-investment in some areas of defense and under-investment in the offensive line, and the decision to not bring in a more competent quarterback to back up the injured Aaron Rodgers.
- While Coach Saleh emphasizes that Wilson is 'not the only problem on the offense', and points to other issues, such as ineffective play-calling and poor performance from the offensive line, many of these issues are due to off-season decisions that the Jets now have to live with.