ORCHARD PARK — As Zach Wilson’s rookie 12 months winds down, he and the Jets can get some encouragement by wanting throughout the sphere Sunday at Payments quarterback Josh Allen.
Allen is now in his fourth 12 months and has the Payments heading to the playoffs for a 3rd straight season. However after his rookie marketing campaign in 2018, there have been questions on Allen. Wilson has heard a few of those self same questions throughout his rookie season, which is able to wrap up Sunday towards Allen and the Payments.
“It’s been like that in all places I’ve been my total life,” Wilson stated. “After I first obtained to school, I wasn’t that nice, and I used to be simply making an attempt to outlive and get by way of it. It’s a very comparable expertise now, and all the pieces is simply totally different round you, and also you simply know when you preserve working at it and also you simply preserve constructing that relationship with the fellows round you and also you guys simply preserve working onerous, finally issues simply type of maintain themselves.”
The 2 gamers have some comparable statistics from their rookie seasons from completion proportion (56.7 for Wilson, 52.8 for Allen), to passing yards (2,247 for Wilson, 2,074 for Allen), to passing touchdowns (10 for Allen, eight for Wilson), to interceptions (12 for Allen, 11 for Wilson). Allen was a more practical runner, dashing for eight touchdowns and 631 yards to Wilson’s 161 yards and 4 scores.
The Jets (4-12) enter the sport with little left to play for however delight. The Payments (10-6) will win the AFC East with a victory over the Jets at Highmark Stadium. The Jets hope that in just a few years they are often the place the Payments are actually. They'll examine what Buffalo did to construct a profitable crew round Allen and assist him succeed.
“Credit score to Buffalo, they’ve type of discovered his model,” Jets head coach Robert Saleh stated. “He type of performs like Ben Roethlisberger did again in his youthful days. He’s not precisely an on-schedule quarterback, however simply this massive, large physique that may dangle in there, take pictures, work off schedule and all that stuff. They’ve actually accomplished a pleasant job type of discovering what he does properly and letting him go do it. They’ve additionally surrounded him with some important expertise.”
Wilson performed his greatest sport of the season throughout the loss final week to the Buccaneers. He has not been intercepted in his previous 4 video games and has proven enchancment over the ultimate month of the season.
“I’m actually excited to see the place he can take it,” Saleh stated, “as a result of he’s eliminating the ball sooner, his toes are cleaner, his eyes are down the sphere, his accuracy has been actually good. He’s not even near the place he’s going to be.”
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