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That Atlanta defense isn’t very good, but the Jets
made them look like the 1986 Bears.
A week earlier, in a game at Atlanta, Washington’s journeyman QB, Taylor Heineke, lit up the Falcons – 23-33 for 290 yards, three touchdowns and a 127.1 QB rating, in a WFT 34-30 win.
And then entering their next game, against the New York Jets, it was announced that they would be without their nickel back Isaiah Oliver, and his backup Aaron Williams, and starting safety Erik Harris.
But it didn’t seem to make a difference.
The Jets’ offense made them look a lot better than they are.
Three times CBS game analyst Adam Archuleta said the Falcons defense “smothered” the Jets.
Not really.
This offensive ineptitude is on the Jets.
The combination of having a rookie QB, and a rookie offensive coordinator, has created a significant challenge for Gang Green. This is a real issue.
The Jets’ win over Tennessee was fool’s gold.
Those three long street-yard deep throws that made all the highlights, one to Corey Davis for a TD, one to Keelan Cole and Davis drawing a pass interference, were a little misleading.
Yes, they were impressive plays, but weren’t tell-tell signs of the QB making progress.
It’s kind of like winning games with grand slam home runs. You are only going to do that once in a while, but most games, you are going to need singles and doubles, good fielding and pitching.
Zach Wilson hit a few grand slam home runs against the Titans, but he’s not hitting enough singles and doubles, and his fundamentals and mechanics are in a bad place.
You can’t win games missing as many “gimme” throws as Wilson. You just can’t.
Like two plays late in the first half in a row.
First he one hopped an easy bubble screen to Jamison Crowder on the short right side. Not very good footwork or mechanics. The next play was a screen right to Tevin Coleman that hit right tackle Morgan Moses in the helmet.
He is missing too many easy throws. You can’t win that way.
And also not helping is having such an experienced OC trying to guide a rookie QB is far from ideal.
The way the Jets are starting games on offense is a huge problem.
Even with a rookie QB it should be a lot better.
Because those first few drives are heavily scripted and worked on all week. theoretically those should be among your best drives. Not only did you work on them all week, but they are based on all your extensive film work on the opponent’s tendencies.
These Jets first drives are shockingly bad and a poor reflection on the OC and quarterback.
Here is the deal people. Zach Wilson is a heck a QB prospect, but perhaps he wasn’t instant coffee, not an immediate starter after lighting up Troy, Western Kentucky and North Alabama last year.
The QB’s mechanics are footwork are in a bad place, and can’t truly be fixed until the off-season with extensive drilling and repetition. Hard to truly fix that stuff in-season. Too much other stuff going on.
You aren’t going to read this anywhere else, but Mike White outplayed Wilson in training camp.
Where was it written that Wilson had to start out of gate?
It is written in the Confirmation Bias Bible.
Because here is the deal people. If you are missing easy throws, that should even be easy for a rookie, it’s very hard to win. Remember, last week, when the Jets could have iced a win on an easy out to Davis, but the QB short-armed it, and then missed an easy short throw Ryan Griffin in overtime.
If he continues to miss gimme throws, he needs to take a seat, at least temporarily.
You can’t win missing short putts.
October 10, 2021
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