Jets head coach Robert Saleh says Quinnen Williams will be fine after an ankle injury.
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If analysts and fans thought that the New York Jets season was over before it began with Aaron Rodgers’ season-ending Achilles injury, they may be sadly mistaken.
A day after New York won their season-opening game over the Buffalo Bills, but lost their franchise quarterback, head coach Robert Saleh made it clear that the team’s goals haven’t changed just yet.
“I don’t know why people are trying to put an obituary on our team. Aaron is an unbelievable piece to his whole thing but there are 52 other guys who believe we can do a lot of good things here,” Saleh said. “While the outside world can write whatever they want to write, the true story is still being written in this locker room.”
Rodgers’ Achilles injury has certainly had a transformational change on the belief outside of the Jets locker room in how effective the team, and his backup quarterback can be. Before Monday’s contest, New York was picked as the seventh-best odds to reach Super Bowl LVIII but have dropped to 16th following the injury to their starting quarterback.
In Saleh’s mind, there are plenty of reasons why fans of the Jets should still be confident in their current roster and it starts with their backup quarterback.
“People forget that Zach (Wilson) was 5-1 as a starter before the bye week as a starter before injuries killed us. He’s a capable quarterback… we have a championship-caliber defense, skill guys that are all very confident in, and an offensive line that is healthy, we have all the faith in the world in Zach. We believe he’s leap years ahead of where he was,” Saleh explained.
Wilson now will take command of a huddle he seemingly lost late in the year last season. Now with a fresh mindset and a rejuvenated energy, the Jets believe they are still in capable hands on the offensive side.
Still, the loss of a franchise quarterback…
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