With future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffering a likely season-ending Achilles injury in the first game of the season, the New York Jets have struggled on offense with Zach Wilson leading the way at quarterback. But one particular stat highlights just how bad it’s been.
As NFL insider Peter King points out in his Football Morning in America column for Pro Football Talk, the Jets have scored just two touchdowns in their last 53 offensive possessions – and one of them came when the defense allowed them to score.
“I can’t think of anything more offensively inept in all the time I’ve covered the NFL than this: In the last four-and-a-third games for the Jets (games against Vegas, the Chargers, the Giants, Philadelphia, and the last 20 minutes of the Denver game), the Jets have had 55 possessions. They have scored two offensive touchdowns,” King wrote in his column. “Both have come on one-play drives. The Eagles laid down strategically to let Breece Hall score an 8-yard rushing TD in Week 6. Zach Wilson hit Hall on a pop pass for a 50-yard TD against the Giants in Week 8.
“The rest of the 53 drives in 17 quarters-plus? No touchdowns.”
King went on to suggest that it’s time for the Jets to bench from Zach Wilson and give one of the team’s backup quarterbacks – Tim Boyle or Trevor Siemian – a chance in the following weeks.
We’ll have to see whether or not the Jets do decide to make a change at quarterback, but it is clear that the offense simply is not working this season.
