That escalated quickly.
Less than 72 hours ago, Jets head coach Robert Saleh said that benching quarterback Zach Wilson was the “farthest thing” from his mind. Well now that though appears to have made up some ground and taken top priority.
The Jets head coach met with the media today to announce not only Wilson’s demotion, but complete removal from the weekly game plan. Wilson, according to Saleh, will go from QB1 to inactive this Sunday as Joe Flacco is set to back up veteran Mike White.
Wilson’s poor play was something Saleh and the Jets may have been able to defend, but Wilson’s refusal to take accountability, assigning blame to others and disrespecting his defense was too much for even Saleh to defend.