I haven’t seen anybody talking about some of the comments Saleh made recently. Maybe I missed a thread or something, but some of the comments I thought were really eye-opening.

  1. He said on the Michael Kay show that the plan was for it to be a redshirt year for Zach. If Zach was never supposed to see the field, then why was he made the backup QB back in March? I definitely think either Woody or JD forced Saleh to keep playing Zach after hearing this. JD has been super stubborn with admitting that his draft picks were mistakes, so it wouldn’t surprise me. This would explain the “plead the 5th” comment.
  2. When talking about drafting Zach Wilson, he strongly implied that he wasn’t totally on board with the draft pick. Idk if he was trying to insinuate this out of self-preservation or if he really didn’t want to draft Zach Wilson, but idk, worth talking about IMO.

I feel like most people would agree that it seems like there’s strong cooperation between Saleh and Douglas, but maybe there’s not. Maybe they really are not on the same page.

  • GuyWitATurtleneckBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sam Darnold left and immediately turned heads (most of those heads turning to us and our QB development) so I cant really say there was no reason to not think Zach couldn’t improve after a year behind A Rod. After all, he is still a 2nd overall pick. Hell, a high percentage of NFL fans thought Zach would become a QB good enough to win with behind a HOF’er like A Rod. Even analysts were on board.

    A Rod goes down and that narrative gets blown to pieces in mere seconds when we learn Zach will be the starter for the near future. Now everyone’s pretending having Zach learn under A Rod was never a reason he was still on the team. This all cannot be forgotten bc of the fact that no one enters a season 75% sure that their starting QB will be wiped in the first seconds of their first game. Even as Jets fans, this is definitely a new low that will def be a poster for Jets fans 20 years from now.