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In Mike White Jets Trust! White Dazzels in First Career Start vs. Bengals

 JETS 34 - BENGALS 31 

Do the Jets have a quarterback controversy on the horizon? 

If Mike White's performance against the Cincinnati Bengals is any indication, then that answer is a straight up "YES!" 


White was incredible. He made big time throws and plays the Jets hoped they would get from rookie Zach Wilson, but couldn't.  White showed poise, confidence and accuracy all game long.

Even though he was charged with two interceptions, neither of which was his fault, and got his bell rung in the third quarter, White led a spirited Jets comeback victory that left Jets fans jumping for joy -- hoping that maybe, Mike White could be an answer to the Jets quarterback riddle. 

White tossed for 405 yards, and three touchdowns; he even caught a two-point conversion. It was the most yards by a Jets quarterback since Vinny Testaverde in the year 2000. 

With the Jets down 11-points, 31-20, late in the fourth quarter, White led an inspired comeback, taking exactly what the defense gave up; delivering short precise throws to his receivers. He hit Elijah Moore for 14-yards. Then connected with Michael Carter for 23 more yards to the Bengals' 48 yard line. 

Several plays later, White hit Ty Johnson down the sideline, and the running back danced on the edge, tip-toeing his way toward the end zone, before nudging the ball over the pylon for the score to cut the deficit to 31-26. 

On the first play of the Bengals ensuing possession, defensive end Shaq Lawson stuck his hand up in the air and deflected a Joe Burrow pass straight up into the air and picked it off. The Jets now had a chance to steal the game. 

Two plays later, White delivered a strike to Tyler Kroft for the score to give the Jets a 32-31 edge. White then caught a two-point conversion on a sneaky double reverse between Elijah Moore and Jamison Crowder, with Crowder tossing the pass to an open White in the end zone. 

After the Jets forced a Cincy punt, White and the Jets put the game away with a terrific two minute offense focused on pounding the Bengals with Johnson and Carter to eat the clock. 

After the game Head Coach Robert Saleh didn't shut the door on the possibility that White could be apart of the Jets plans moving forward. 

"We'll take it day by day. Anything is possible, right? Anything is possible." 

Anything is possible. It's the NFL. 

And now Zach Wilson, the number 2 pick in this past spring's draft, is now in the midst of a quarterback controversy. 


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