'He's our quarterback': Jets' Saleh set with Wilson

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets aren't considering a backmost alteration -- not this week, not for the remainder of the season.

Zach Wilson received a beardown ballot of assurance Monday from manager Robert Saleh, who said helium has "full faith" successful the second-year backmost contempt 3 "backbreaking" interceptions successful Sunday's 22-17 loss to the New England Patriots.

Saleh said he's readying to thrust Wilson for the duration, barring injury. "Correct," Saleh said. "He's our quarterback."

Wilson, drafted 2nd wide successful 2021, ne'er has been benched contempt plentifulness of rocky performances successful 18 vocation starts. He's 24th retired of 31 qualified passers successful Total QBR (41.8). After 3 consecutive games without a turnover, helium imploded against the Patriots, who ended the Jets' four-game winning streak.

Saleh tried to rotation the positive, saying Wilson is 1 of the reasons the Jets are a astonishing 5-3.

"Nobody had america astatine 5 wins astatine this constituent to commencement the season, and Zach is simply a large portion of that," helium said.

"He's gotten a batch better," Saleh added. "We expect him to proceed to get better. Do I expect it to each beryllium clean? No, each backmost has their days, but he's our backmost due to the fact that we deliberation he's going to get amended and he's going to proceed to beryllium wherefore helium was the No. 2 pick."

Wilson has a maddening inclination to marque mistakes erstwhile he's nether duress, trying to make thing retired of nothing. All 3 interceptions came connected plays successful which helium was nether unit from a pass-rusher. He admitted aft the game, "Sometimes you beryllium determination and you wonder, 'Why did I conscionable bash that?'"

Invoking a taxable from past season, Saleh said Wilson indispensable recognize that "boring" tin beryllium bully -- meaning taking a checkdown oregon throwing the shot retired of bounds.

"There's that elemental reminder: It's OK to beryllium bored, and conscionable retrieve you person a clump of guys successful that locker country who are beauteous bully astatine shot excessively and they've got your back," helium said.

Saleh said Wilson is "pressing," but rapidly backed disconnected that word.

"I privation to marque definite I accidental this right: He's a young antheral that wants to beryllium his worth," the manager said. "To beryllium honorable with you, you tin beryllium your worthy by conscionable executing and doing your occupation to the champion of your ability."

Wilson has completed lone 54.9% of his passes, with 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He's averaging lone 210 yards per game, which got a boost from his career-best 355 yards against the Patriots. In 3 of the 4 wins, helium fundamentally was a crippled manager, relying connected the moving crippled and defense.

Saleh mightiness person unwittingly sparked a imaginable contention by elevating Mike White to the No. 2 occupation earlier Sunday's game, demoting Joe Flacco to No. 3. The determination is permanent, Saleh said, explaining that "we request to cognize what we person successful Mike."

White volition get much signifier reps arsenic the second-stringer, meaning a accidental to make his game. He's besides a instrumentality favorite, which means the location assemblage could beryllium chanting for him if Wilson struggles Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.

"Yeah, it's true, those (interceptions) can't happen," choky extremity C.J. Uzomah said. "He knows it, we cognize it arsenic a team. At the aforesaid time, helium did marque bully decisions. He did person truly bully balls. He did the close things. We, arsenic an offense, didn't support correctly, didn't tally the close routes properly. Everything ever comes backmost connected the backmost and helium has to carnivore that burden, but it's our occupation to marque definite helium knows he's not a one-man team."