Woody Johnson says the Jets will not release Zach Wilson.

[Gregg]

Just now, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

I say this going against every fiber of my being, but I feel bad for the kid. He has tools. Let him get another shot at having a viable career. 

 

He doesn't have it mentally to play QB at the NFL level. He struggles going thru his reads as well understanding what looks/coverages defenses are throwing at him. He would be going into his 4th year now and mentally he still looks like a rookie out there.

[RoyBatty is alive]

3 minutes ago, SoTier said:

Woody doesn't want to admit that drafting Wilson was a mistake like drafting Darnold in 2018, Sanchez in 2009 and then giving him an extension, and signing Favre in 2008.  People might begin to think that he's the problem with the Jests since he's been the owner since 2000 with a succession of GMs. 

Interesting.

 

I actually think the Favre decision was solid risk adjusted gamble.

 

I wonder what the Jet Blowhard Greenberg will say about all this.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

I say this going against every fiber of my being, but I feel bad for the kid. He has tools. Let him get another shot at having a viable career. 

 

He’ll get a shot somewhere, eventually. This is just a classic example of how important your landing spot is in the draft, especially for QB’s. The Jets can’t just conjure up a market for him. 

 

In the meantime, he’ll continue earning NFL checks, so it’s not ALL terrible.

[Don Otreply]

1 hour ago, Logic said:

He's bluffing.

The Jets are desperately hoping someone will throw a 2025 conditional 7th at them.

If they outright admit that he'll be released, then the .0001% chance of that happening go to a 0% chance.

At the end of the day, no one will trade for him (rightly so), and he'll be released (rightly so).

There's no way they go into the 2024 season with that big distraction on the roster.

Well, we are talking about the Jets now aren’t we? So it is very conceivable that what you are stating is exactly what the Jets won’t do…, 

Edited March 25 by Don Otreply

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Interesting.

 

I actually think the Favre decision was solid risk adjusted gamble.

 

I wonder what the Jet Blowhard Greenberg will say about all this.

 

I’ll probably never know. Typical ESPN move, but Mike & Mike was the last thing they had (other than an occasional game, of course) that I liked. They ran me off with the current garbage. 

[stuvian]

I think he's being held as a political prisoner. We should alert Amnesty International

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

30 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

I say this going against every fiber of my being, but I feel bad for the kid. He has tools. Let him get another shot at having a viable career. 

I agree. The way they have mismanaged him has caused me to root for him. 
 

I would like to see him go to some team with a QB whisperer as a head coach, and see if he can reclaim his career. 

[Breakout Squad]

1 hour ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Agreed.

 

Taylor is one of the NFL's best backup QBs.

Tyrod is a walking injury waiting to happen.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

The Jets already have the Dalai Lama, Aaron Rodgers, penciled in as the starter and Tyrod Taylor behind him.

They're just dangling Wilson as bait for some predator to *****, and maybe get a third day pick. 

It's unfair to Wilson, who needs a change of scenery, and it also sends a message to the league, of how conniving the Jets as an organization can be. 

They're hurting themselves by the way they're handling Wilson.  At least Darnold got a ticket out of town.    

[The Jokeman]

1 hour ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Agreed.

 

Taylor is one of the NFL's best backup QBs.

Until he gets hurt or put in a position to win with his arm. He's a poor man's Lamar Jackson.

[H2o]

2 hours ago, Logic said:

He's bluffing.

The Jets are desperately hoping someone will throw a 2025 conditional 7th at them.

If they outright admit that he'll be released, then the .0001% chance of that happening go to a 0% chance.

At the end of the day, no one will trade for him (rightly so), and he'll be released (rightly so).

There's no way they go into the 2024 season with that big distraction on the roster.

Woody Johnson looking for something in return: 

[The Wiz]

[Fan in Chicago]

Wilson is not starter material and I agree that with Taylor on the team, Wilson is useless for the Jets. 

But it also makes me wonder what the Jets' long term plan for a starting QB is. Rodgers will play for what another 2 seasons max? What then? 

 

I post this not with any genuine concern but with a sense of glee. 

Edited March 25 by Fan in Chicago

[LeGOATski]

2 hours ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

I say this going against every fiber of my being, but I feel bad for the kid. He has tools. Let him get another shot at having a viable career. 

He has physical tools, but not the mental tools, IMO. And I think there are issues that run a little deeper than just mental processing. He is not a leader.

[Albany,n.y.]

2 hours ago, Gregg said:

Actually 3rd stringer now if he remains on the team behind Rodgers and Taylor.

He may end up being the Covid QB like Jake Fromm was in 2020.  Pay him his guaranteed money & keep him away from the rest of the team "just in case". 😄

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I agree. The way they have mismanaged him has caused me to root for him. 
 

I would like to see him go to some team with a QB whisperer as a head coach, and see if he can reclaim his career. 

How did they mismanage him other than putting him out on the field where he could STB?  I've heard this before with guys like EJ Manuel & JP Losman too many times.  The 3 have one thing in common, not mismanaged, just 1st round busts.    

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

41 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

He may end up being the Covid QB like Jake Fromm was in 2020.  Pay him his guaranteed money & keep him away from the rest of the team "just in case". 😄

How did they mismanage him other than putting him out on the field where he could STB?  I've heard this before with guys like EJ Manuel & JP Losman too many times.  The 3 have one thing in common, not mismanaged, just 1st round busts.    

They hired an OC with no prior experience, who turned out to be awful. They kept yanking him in and out of the lineup due to poor play.

They then bring in an even worse OC in Hackett, and they end up yanking him in and out of the lineup again, going so far as to demote him to 3rd string and say he will Never play again, to then putting him back in the starting lineup (while leaking false stories about him not wanting to play anymore).

 

now when they can do him a solid and just release him or trade him away for a low pick, they are playing hardball? 

 

The developmental process for Wilson was just scattershot and they surrounded him with bad coaches, totally undermined his confidence, and now are just treating him poorly 

 

who treats their no. 2 overall pick like that, especially after only like 2 1/2 years? He might be terrible, but they really put him behind the 8 ball the entire time he was there. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

22 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

They hired an OC with no prior experience, who turned out to be awful. They kept yanking him in and out of the lineup due to poor play.

They then bring in an even worse OC in Hackett, and they end up yanking him in and out of the lineup again, going so far as to demote him to 3rd string and say he will Never play again, to then putting him back in the starting lineup (while leaking false stories about him not wanting to play anymore).

 

now when they can do him a solid and just release him or trade him away for a low pick, they are playing hardball? 

 

The developmental process for Wilson was just scattershot and they surrounded him with bad coaches, totally undermined his confidence, and now are just treating him poorly 

 

who treats their no. 2 overall pick like that, especially after only like 2 1/2 years? He might be terrible, but they really put him behind the 8 ball the entire time he was there. 

Not to mention gave him almost nothing in protection on the OL. 

[LeGOATski]

53 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

They hired an OC with no prior experience, who turned out to be awful. They kept yanking him in and out of the lineup due to poor play.

They then bring in an even worse OC in Hackett, and they end up yanking him in and out of the lineup again, going so far as to demote him to 3rd string and say he will Never play again, to then putting him back in the starting lineup (while leaking false stories about him not wanting to play anymore).

 

now when they can do him a solid and just release him or trade him away for a low pick, they are playing hardball? 

 

The developmental process for Wilson was just scattershot and they surrounded him with bad coaches, totally undermined his confidence, and now are just treating him poorly 

 

who treats their no. 2 overall pick like that, especially after only like 2 1/2 years? He might be terrible, but they really put him behind the 8 ball the entire time he was there. 

What if Zach Wilson is actually a huge D-bag?

 

🤔

[frostbitmic]

Isn't torturing a player against the NFLPA contract ?

 

Forcing him to remain a Jet is cruel and unusual punishment

[Jimmy Harris 69]

They will need him when Rodgers gets hurt in the second game. He is a thousand years old for f$$k sake.