{"id":9014,"date":"2023-11-14T04:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/9014\/robert-saleh-jets-not\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T04:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:25:16","slug":"robert-saleh-jets-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=9014","title":{"rendered":"Robert Saleh &#8211; Jets not changing QB despite sputtering offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Saleh &#8211; Jets not changing QB despite sputtering offense\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rich Cimini, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">November 13, 2023, 11:20 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN.  Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast.  He was previously a writer for the New York Daily News and graduated from Syracuse University.  You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Jets have gone 11 straight quarters without a touchdown, but they don&#8217;t blame the quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest defense of Zach Wilson, coach Robert Saleh said Wilson is &#8220;playing pretty well&#8221; and that it would be unfair to blame any player or coach for the team&#8217;s deep struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to make changes just for the sake of making changes, just to appease something, especially when someone doesn\u2019t deserve that,\u201d Saleh said Monday.  &#8220;If he deserved it, I got it, let&#8217;s change something. It&#8217;s always [the case] for each position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Along the same lines, Saleh said he plans to continue with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as his facilitator.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Robert-Saleh-Jets-not-changing-QB-despite-sputtering-offense.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1699925115_101_Robert-Saleh-Jets-not-changing-QB-despite-sputtering-offense.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Jets (4-5), losers of two straight games, failed to reach the end zone for a second straight game in Sunday night&#8217;s 16-12 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.  In the last two games, the Jets have accumulated almost as many penalties (17) as points (18).<\/p>\n<p>In Vegas, Wilson tied a season-high with 263 passing yards \u2013 he also rushed for a season-high 54 yards \u2013 but he was intercepted with 1:14 left in the fourth quarter on the Raiders 15 yard line.<\/p>\n<p>Since replacing the injured Aaron Rodgers in the opening series of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"Week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Week<\/a> 1, Wilson has orchestrated just eight touchdowns.  He has just five touchdown passes, including one in the last five games.<\/p>\n<p>The fan base is outraged, calling for Saleh to bench Wilson for Tim Boyle or Trevor Siemian (practice squad).  Despite the mounting pressure, Saleh remains alongside the former No. 2 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>With an upcoming away game against the Buffalo Bills (5-4), Saleh said he&#8217;s &#8220;looking across the board&#8221; for ways to revive the offense, including schematic adjustments and personnel changes potential.  But Wilson stays put.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing much better than he was a year ago,\u201d Saleh said.  \u201cHe\u2019s in his first year in a new system \u2013 a system that was built for Aaron \u2013 let\u2019s be real \u2013 and we\u2019re trying to make a change to where everyone feels comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think [Wilson] does a good job.  Not everything is perfect \u2013 there have been ups and downs \u2013 but [Sunday] we were moving the ball.  &#8230; Trying to pin everything on one person, with everything that&#8217;s happened, I don&#8217;t see how that would be productive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saleh said he &#8220;never wanted to make a guy the punch guy who would make everyone around him better.&#8221;  But that\u2019s what he tried to do last season.<\/p>\n<p>He benched Wilson twice in 2022, each time in favor of Mike White, who provided energetic, if not effective, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>.  White was 1-3, with three touchdowns and four interceptions, but the offense worked better with him than with Wilson.  White signed as a free agent with the Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Saleh doesn&#8217;t have that kind of confidence in Boyle or Siemian, who signed in late September.<\/p>\n<p>With the offense stumbling and the defense holding opponents to 19 points per game, Saleh risks a crack in the locker room by opting for the status quo.  Player frustration is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing is unity,\u201d tight end Tyler Conklin said Monday.  &#8220;We need to come together as a team and say, &#8216;What do we need to do to fix this offense? What do we need to do to run here?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the game, wide receiver Garrett Wilson said a players-only meeting might do some good.  At 4-5, Conklin believes it&#8217;s not too late to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we going to sit here, wave the white napkin and act like it\u2019s the end of the world?\u201d  Conklin said.  &#8220;Or are we going to come together as a team and stop making excuses or whatever happens from game to game and play play by play and fix it? Knowing the type of guys we have in this building, I have a feeling that this is something we can do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Saleh &#8211; Jets not changing QB despite sputtering offense\u060c Rich Cimini, ESPN editorNovember 13, 2023, 11:20 p.m. Close Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. 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