The Jets had some quarterback drama on Sunday, but it surely didn't even contain who was taking part in within the sport.
Mike White was elevated to the backup quarterback function in opposition to the Patriots. White had been behind Joe Flacco on the depth chart all season, however the Jets made Flacco inactive for Sunday’s 22-17 loss and White was Wilson’s backup.
“If Zach ever will get damage, we're giving Mike White the chance to go in there,” Jets coach Robert Saleh mentioned. “We felt like, reasonably than simply bump him all the best way up [from third string], simply enable him the chance to apply and get his thoughts proper making ready because the second quarterback. Though you want to assume that making ready for the third quarterback, you'd put together precisely the identical … there's a human aspect, so simply enable him the chance to organize as if he's the following man up.”
It's a curious determination by the Jets since that they had Flacco because the No. 2 quarterback all offseason after which had him begin whereas Wilson was out with a knee damage within the first three weeks. Saleh mentioned it has to do with the ages of the quarterbacks. White is 27 and is extra of an unknown than the 37-year-old Flacco.
“Mike is a younger man,” Saleh mentioned. “We've got to determine what we have now in him if that chance presents itself. That’s it.”
The Jets elevated fourth-string QB Chris Streveler from the apply squad for the sport however then had him inactive. Saleh was not clear on the rationale why they did that.
“With Streveler, we had some issues going into the weekend,” Saleh mentioned. “I’m not going to get into element by way of having the chance to get him up. You need to declare Saturday by 4 p.m. — you'll be able to’t wait till sport day to get him up. A few issues occurred and we deactivated him.”
The Jets had six totally different gamers sack Patriots QB Mac Jones. Quinnen Williams recorded his sixth sack of the season. Carl Lawson, John Franklin-Myers, Nathan Shepherd, Micheal Clemons and Jacob Martin all had sacks, too. … RB James Robinson made his Jets debut after arriving in a commerce from the Jaguars on Tuesday. He had 17 dashing yards on 5 carries.
Hero
Nick Folks made all six of his kicks, together with 5 discipline targets with longs of 49 and 52 yards. The previous Jet seemed proper at dwelling kicking as a customer at MetLife Stadium.
Zero
Zach Wilson’s three-game streak with out an interception blew up with a three-interception sport, together with a horrible back-foot throw that sailed excessive over the center and allowed the Patriots to chop right into a 10-3 deficit simply earlier than halftime.
Unsung hero
Devin McCourty intercepted Wilson twice within the second half, together with one the place he slid and hugged the sideline and taught the second-year professional a helpful lesson about getting his throwaways out of bounds.
Key stat
127: Dashing yards for the Patriots, who used Rhamondre Stevenson as a tackle-breaking battering ram and much surpassed the Jets’ dashing assault (51 yards) of their first sport with out the injured Breece Corridor.
Quote of the day
“I don’t assume the sport obtained too huge. If we had the pick-six earlier than halftime, we blow them out.”
— Jets security Jordan Whitehead on whether or not the search for revenge for final yr’s 54-13 put too huge an emphasis on one sport.
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