Only three weeks of the NFL have been played and some teams are already in a complicated situation. One of the franchises that does not seem to find its way is the New York Jets, who, after the enormous expectations generated by the arrival of Aaron RodgersNow that they don’t have him on the field, they look lost, with two consecutive defeats, with an inoperative offense.
Although the New Yorkers won their first game of the season, what was shown once their star quarterback injured his Achilles tendon on Monday Night against Buffalo did not generate so much emotion among their fans, that once they woke up on Tuesday and the emotion As the triumph faded, they came face to face with the reality they faced without the future Hall of Famer. Although the victory did not lose its importance, the balloon that had been inflated with enormous expectations, and predictions from many experts that placed the Jets among the favorites to win the Super Bowl once the change with Green Bay for Rodgers was carried out, it began to deflate. The cold analysis of what happened against the Bills arrived and, if it had not been for the defense, and for a great special teams play in overtime, that duel should have been a loss, the offense did not produce much, and the performance of Zack Wilson It didn’t excite anyone. The young quarterback has been a failure since he arrived in the league in 2021, coming from BYU and also being the second player chosen in the entire draft that year, something that always seemed risky on the manager’s part. Joe Douglas, which bet heavily on a quarterback that many experts did not see ready to carry the weight of a franchise. The bet so far has been unsuccessful, and it is not seen how that can be reversed, Wilson has not shown signs of growth, and what has been shown since he joined to replace Rodgers is clear. By selecting him, the Jets selected their third quarterback in the top five of a draft since 2009 (the others were Mark Sanchez in 2009 and Sam Darnold in 2018) and unless something incredible happens, as with the others, both of their futures will be far from the Big Apple.
The NY management went all out Rodgersand it was known that the key to his success was tied to him, once he decided together with the coach Robert Saleh keeping Wilson like the backup, they were one quarterback injury away from going from contenders to returning to being a contender, in an American Conference full of good teams. Regardless of who has been in charge of making the decisions of the franchise in the last 15 years, when it has been the most important position in American football, those elections have been left to their due, and today what was a promising campaign, with hope to see the team in a title game for the first time since Super Bowl III, it appears that it will end again with the Jets far from that goal.
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2023-09-27 10:50:58
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