The ball continues to be in Zach Wilson’s hands as Jets head coach Robert Saleh announced this week that Mike White is still not cleared to return to action and Wilson will start again Thursday night against Jacksonville.
And while Zach’s return against Detroit wasn’t perfect, he did seem to benefit from the observational period with some better mechanics and improved passing numbers: 317 yards for his second 300-yarder this season and in his Jets career, and seven completions for 20-plus yards — the last time a Jets QB had more “explosives” in a game, it was Ryan Fitzpatrick completing eight 20-plus passes at Buffalo in 2016.
“When he’s in rhythm and hitting on all cylinders,” Saleh said of Wilson, “it’s pretty cool to watch.”
But Zach knows the deal. He’s got to keep improving his accuracy, reducing his turnovers and finishing strong, because if the Jets don’t want to conclude their season at Miami in early January, they have to keep winning down the stretch.
Besides Wilson, here are five more Jets to keep tabs on as the TNF game against the Jaguars unfolds at MetLife Stadium:
WR Corey Davis — Saleh is “very confident” Davis will be back in action after missing Detroit in the concussion protocol. That’s important because Zach Wilson conspired with WRs Garrett Wilson, Elijah Moore and Jeff Smith for six of those aforementioned longballs. With a more muscular running game, Z.Wilson should be able to keep finding his WRs downfield. Davis has 16 “explosive” catch-and-runs the past two seasons as a Jet, second only to Moore’s 17, while G.Wilson already has 12 with three games to go. (More on Garrett in Saturday’s Inside the Numbers.).
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