Jets' Wilson Suffers PCL Injury as Jets Get Demolished by Pats
PATRIOTS 54 - JETS 13
Talk about insult to injury.
Not only did the New York Jets suffer one of their worst blowouts in years, they lost their starting quarterback in the process. Zach Wilson suffered a knee injury in the first half of Sunday's 54-13 loss to the Patriots. It is believed that it could be a PCL injury, and according to ESPN's Rich Cimini, it is not believed to be season ending. Wilson will undergo an MRI on Monday.
Wilson was involved in two brutal hits during Sunday's game.
First he landed awkwardly when defensive end Lawrence Guy dove toward Wilson's knees. His knee appeared to buckle and twist the wrong way on the play. There was no roughing the passer called on the play.
Two plays later, Matt Judan landed on the quarterback's lower half as he heaved a pass downfield for an incompletion. Wilson lay on his back for several minutes before he was helped off the field.
The Wilson injury exposed a hard truth about this Jets franchise. 1) Joe Douglas never signed a veteran quarterback to back-up Wilson to take pressure off the rookie. Clearly he has been overwhelmed all season, and a veteran presence is direly missed.
2) This coaching staff has done little to help Wilson. He is a man on an island, working with a novice offensive coordinator and head coach; not to mention the personnel on the offensive line leaves a lot to be desired.
Hopefully Wilson doesn't miss much time. However should he miss several weeks, it would be a major hit to his progress as a rookie.
Sam Darnold didn't make it out of his rookie year without suffering an injury; same thing with Geno Smith and Mark Sanchez before him. The Jets have a history of not developing quarterbacks properly, and this latest moment won't change that narrative.
The most disturbing fact about Sunday's 54-13 loss was how poorly the defense played for the Jets.
The Patriots scored on nine of their 11 possessions, had 32 first downs and rolled the Jets for 551 yards of offense. Understood that C.J. Mosely was not available, but this was the second straight game where the defense didn't come to play.
The fact that it didn't get better in the second half is a huge hit on Saleh, who prides himself as a defensive coordinator.
The 54 points the Jets allowed was the most they gave up in a game since 1995 -- that's right the Rich Kotite-led Jets of 1995.
You can talk about rebuilding all you want, the facts are Sunday's loss was a total embarrassment for Gang Green.
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