Zach Wilson couldn’t pass up chance to start for Jets again, while 49ers have regained their lofty perch

The NFL playoffs are inching closer and closer. The air is frigid, the holiday lights are bountiful and each game has an increased importance as the season reaches its waning days. There’s a team that’s back to looking like the cream of the crop in the NFL, but first, this column will start with a team whose quarterback carousel may have taken its final turn.

Zach Wilson is right to take this opportunity to play

Zach Wilson being frustrated with the Jets after his benching was understandable. He’s since watched Tim Boyle and Trevor Siemian not be the answer to the Jets’ offensive woes, and on Wednesday head coach Robert Saleh said Wilson will start again Sunday, which puts him back in position to remain the starter for the final month of the season.

Apparently, Wilson initially wasn’t too enthused about the idea of getting back into the starting lineup for the Jets. According to The Athletic, Wilson was “reluctant” about resuming his role as the Jets’ starting quarterback, which would not have been the best decision on his part. In fact, he shouldn’t even really have considered sitting down.

Let’s just deal with the facts here: Wilson’s career as an NFL player is on life support. He’s been so bad and generally lost as the Jets’ quarterback that it would be hard for an NFL team to even invest him as a quality backup quarterback — he hasn’t shown he can do that in any capacity. There’s only so long that a player can stick in the league as a pure practice squad guy, even in the era of expanded practice squads that can include veterans. That’s where Wilson’s career is after what can only be described as a disastrous tenure with the Jets.

It makes sense Zach Wilson would be reluctant about playing behind the Jet’s offensive line again. But with his long-term NFL future on the line, he really didn’t have much of a choice. (Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports)

This is, quite possibly, the last chance that Wilson will have to make sure that he still…

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Publish date : 2023-12-06 18:34:12

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