The Jets noticed their win streak come to a screeching halt Monday night time, with quarterback Zach Wilson soaking up 8 sacks and failing to guide a landing force in a 27-6 loss to the Chargers. But trainer Robert Saleh is not able to make any main changes on that aspect of the ball, telling reporters he won’t consider converting play-callers and suggesting Wilson’s task stays protected.
“Today was not good, obviously,” Saleh stated, relating to Wilson and the Jets offense. “Every time we had momentum, (it was) just a self-inflicted wound. Was it (Zach’s) best game? Obviously not. Was it his worst game? No. I’m not going to say it was even close to his worst game.”
It’s imaginable Saleh incorporated the ultimate line as a result of, frankly, Wilson has persevered dozens of deficient performances up thus far. But the trainer defended the QB on more than one events after Monday’s loss, by which the previous first-round select additionally fumbled two times, spreading blame to the offensive line and a receiving corps that dropped a number of passes.
In gentle of Saleh’s insistence that Wilson didn’t “take a step back” in his 7th immediately get started instead of the injured Aaron Rodgers, journalists requested if offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett may well be changed as the principle play-caller.
“No,” Saleh answered, with out a 2nd concept.
The Jets (4-4) are nonetheless preserving out hope that Rodgers will go back underneath heart to handle playoff aspirations. Just two months got rid of from surgical treatment on a torn Achilles, an damage that normally calls for 9 to twelve months of rehab, the previous Packers superstar was once noticed throwing deep passes at the box previous to Monday’s recreation. He additionally perceived to inform Chargers protection Derwin James in a post-game handshake that he is sure to fit up faster relatively than later: “Give me a few weeks,” he appeared to say.
In the period in-between, Wilson is ready to stay at QB for the Jets; he is now 11-18 as their starter over the process his profession.