Is Jets’ Robert Saleh being forced to play Zach Wilson?

New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh insisted whereas speaking with reporters Tuesday that he’s sticking with struggling quarterback Zach Wilson partially because of Wilson will not be all that’s improper with the crew’s offense this season. 

Saleh addressed the topic significantly differently all through an look on ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Current.” 

Per Sam Neumann of Horrible Saying, Kay straight requested Saleh why the coach is not going to not lower than ponder giving observe squad selection Trevor Siemian “a try” as a choice to spark the crew’s offense for this Sunday’s primetime recreation on the 4-5 Las Vegas Raiders. 

“You understand, like I acknowledged…You got me,” Saleh curiously remarked all through his response. “I’m gonna plead the fifth all on this one by means of, I kind of outlined it, respectively, clearly.” 

Saleh added he has to “make the alternatives as best as doable” regarding who to play with the Jets at 4-4. Whereas ESPN stats current Wilson is ranked thirty first out of 32 eligible signal-callers with a 32.3 adjusted QBR on the season, the Jets are ranked 31st inside the NFL with a median of 272.9 offensive yards per recreation. 

Saleh benched Wilson on plenty of occasions ultimate season and eventually shut the 24-year-old down for Week 18. Understandably, “The Michael Kay Current” co-host Don La Greca requested Saleh why the coach is not going to go to each Siemian or fellow backup Tim Boyle this week. 

“Hypothetically, that’s further hypothetical,” Saleh acknowledged. “I’ll say this, ultimate 12 months’s dedication, with respect to ultimate 12 months’s dedication, bought right here on account of a loss in confidence that I don’t assume I had ever seen in a quarterback sooner than. Points that folk didn’t see, although you observed it on the soccer self-discipline on gameday, it was even louder off the sphere with regards to practices and conferences and all that. And so, it was further of an effort to aim to avoid wasting him and his confidence because of I felt like every time I put him in the marketplace, it was gonna worsen.” 

Individuals resembling La Greca and Andrew Crane of the New York Publish didn’t buy what Saleh tried to advertise. La Greca straight puzzled if widespread supervisor Joe Douglas or crew proprietor Woody Johnson is definitely forcing Saleh to play Wilson, partially because of the Jets drafted the youthful quarterback second whole in 2021. For what it’s worth, it’s acknowledged that Wilson shares a strong relationship with injured starter Aaron Rodgers.  

On Wednesday, Saleh suggested media members nobody’s making him start Wilson and that everyone involved is “on the equivalent internet web page.”