The sudden harm to Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers sparked a lot hypothesis concerning the place New York would lean searching for a substitute starter.
In lower than 24 hours, the web clairvoyants ran with theories surrounding how the Jets will look to maintain their season alive, only one sport in. And when former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Robert Griffin III added his two cents, the 33-year-old’s phrases had been misinterpreted as a “pitch” to the Jets for a chance to return to the sector.
“A few of these guys like Carson Wentz, Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick, myself. It’s not that we will’t play the sport anymore,” Griffin stated Tuesday on ESPN’s “Get Up.” “It’s that we’re a giant distraction for those who carry us in. … However I’ll let you know proper now. There may be not a man on the road or in any sales space wherever, together with myself, that’s gonna give the Jets a greater probability to win than Zack Wilson. None of us know the offense. None of us have these relationships within the locker room. It’s gonna be Zack Wilson or no person.”
Re-posting the clip of the section on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Griffin clarified his stance to close down the know-it-all conspiracy theorists.
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“Nobody on the market will give the Jets a greater probability to win RIGHT NOW than Zach Wilson,” Griffin posted.
Griffin, who was chosen No. 2 general by the now-Washington Commanders within the 2012 NFL Draft, lasted eight seasons earlier than calling it a profession. He was named to a Professional-Bowl and the NFL Offensive Rookie of the 12 months, each in 2012, however underwent numerous harm problems within the following seasons to create a whole timeline that hampered Griffin’s profession.
Lengthy story brief, it’s unlikely the Jets will likely be reaching out to Griffin anytime quickly.
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The truth is, Jets head coach Robert Saleh set the file straight, recent off New York’s inspiring Week 1 additional time victory over the Buffalo Payments.
“I wish to make it very clear Zach’s our beginning quarterback,” Saleh advised reporters Tuesday, per team-provided video. “We’ve acquired lots of religion in Zach. We’re actually enthusiastic about his alternative. We’re rolling with Zach and excited for him and his alternative that he’s going to get.”
Wilson and the Jets will get their first probability to show that Week 1 wasn’t a fluke on Sunday, going up towards the Cowboys (1-0) at AT&T Stadium. Dallas is recent off its 40-0 blowout win over the Giants in New York to start the season.
