FILE – Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett looks on before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, in Denver. The New York Jets have hired former Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator. The team announced the hiring Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, of the 43-year-old Hackett, who replaces Mike LaFleur after coach Robert Saleh and the Jets interviewed at least 15 candidates for the vacancy. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
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FLORHAM PARK — It’s hard to win football games when an offense can’t score over 10 points a game. That’s the reality the New York Jets are currently living in.
New York has gone through the first three weeks without recording over 200 yards of offense and has the worst third-down percentage in all of football. For a group that has had to adjust on the fly since the injury to Aaron Rodgers, the results have shown a group incapable or unwilling to successfully move the ball down the field.
As with any football team, when the offense can’t put up points or move the ball, the anger and frustration fall into the hands of the play-caller and quarterback. For the Jets, it’s the quarterback under the most scrutiny.
“I feel like it’s been tough these three years. I feel like I’m in a good spot mentally with where I am. I’m confident in my ability and I’m confident in the team. All that matters is what goes on in this locker room and the film room with these coaches. We’re going to handle our business,” Zach Wilson said Thursday afternoon. “I’m working to get better. I know I need to improve and I promise I’m doing everything that I can to keep trying to get better.”
Wilson’s inability to improve weekly has hampered the Jets’ chances, even with the boatload of talent they currently possess. In Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots, there were several plays in which open receivers ran free, but the Jets’ quarterback…
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