Zach Wilson Took Out Robert Saleh On A Scramble To The Sidelines

As has been the case all season, the New York Jets offense struggled to create anything positive against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon. While they got within 10 at the end of the first half with a touchdown that ended a streak of 40 (!) consecutive drives without reaching the end zone, they still couldn’t provide their defense the support they need to stay in the end zone. game.

In the second half, the dam broke for the Jets defense as Josh Allen and the Bills finally broke free to put things to rest in the third quarter, taking a 29-6 lead. That was largely thanks to a New York offense that had 54 total yards on its six untouched drives through the first three quarters, with the defense seemingly trying to take more and more risks to create its own even big games.

Zach Wilson continued his nightmare season, completing less than half of his passes with a TD and an INT and getting sacked five times in the first three quarters of play. On their first drive of the third quarter, Wilson attempted to breaking the pocket for a second carry and was pushed out of bounds at the line of scrimmage by Tyrel Dodson, crashing into Jets head coach Robert Saleh in the process.

Saleh tried to grab his QB as he rushed towards him, but could only hold on as they both fell to the ground. The good news was that Saleh and Wilson were fine, but perhaps it was a bit of a heavy-handed metaphor from the football gods to show Wilson physically eliminating Saleh.

Saleh has been almost eerily loyal to Wilson, and many wonder how much pressure there is behind the scenes to stick with the former No. 2 pick among the owners and/or front office. Saleh himself has even struggled to find a defense to continue with Wilson recently, pleading fifth to a radio interview question about the quarterback situationand unfortunately for him, despite the defense’s play, there will be some pressure on him if the Jets end up with a dismal record this season, even with below-average QB play.

Wilson got one more drive (a five-play, 10-yard effort) before eventually being moved to the bench as the Jets turned to Tim Boyle for their final drive of the third quarter, signaling that the snap point would ultimately could be reached in New York.