Retired NFL security Ryan Clark seems to have zero confidence within the New York Jets — so long as Zach Wilson stays their quarterback.
Wilson was not anticipated to be the Jets’ beginning quarterback, however when Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending Achilles harm in Week 1, the 24-year-old was thrust again into the function.
“When you could have a man like Zach Wilson, who you drafted No. 2 total three years in the past, you bought to provide him this shot,” Clark stated whereas showing on ESPN’s “First Take” on Monday morning. “It’s important to give him this opportunity. And what (offensive coordinator) Nathaniel Hackett has to do is tear up every little thing he thought concerning the New York Jets offense coming into the season, as a result of all of that went away when Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles.”
Clark defined the straightforward offense Hackett thought he might run with Rodgers doesn’t work with Wilson and the offense must match the quarterback, not the opposite method round.
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“If (Wilson) drops again you perceive, … you don’t have the tackles which are going to safe the pocket,” Clark stated. “(Wilson) goes to drop his eyes as a result of he’s going to vacate the pocket. When he’s exterior of the pocket, he makes unhealthy choices time after time, after time, after time.
“And what we have to come to the conclusion of earlier than we even come to the conclusion of whether or not or not Zach Wilson can play is the truth that the workforce that had a possibility to win the AFC East, the workforce that had a possibility to be an AFC Championship, not has the possibility. Now not has that chance.”
In keeping with Clark, the Jets should really feel as deflated because the followers understanding that they had Rodgers for 4 snaps earlier than having to return to Wilson on the helm of the play calling.
“I couldn’t think about the disappointment of this locker room understanding you’re going from Aaron Rodgers to Zach Wilson,” Clark concluded. “These are reverse sides of the spectrum.”
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