Why Zach Wilson is the Best Option for the Jets Going Forward

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00:00 Well, we got the report from the athletics almost somewhere else, but the athletics,

00:07 Diana Rossini yesterday saying the Jets have already made contact with veteran quarterbacks

00:13 around the National Football League, free agents looking for a new home and doing their

00:18 due diligence.

00:19 So DRS, who do you think a couple of those names might be?

00:23 Well, if you are a GM and Joe Douglas is a quality GM, certainly knows the talent here

00:28 to pick it up in the draft.

00:30 He's been on Super Bowl organizations here.

00:32 So you're going to trust that he's going to make the next steps and the right moves here.

00:35 But to be honest with you, just due diligence is what he's doing.

00:38 Who's available, who might be able to come out of retirement, which other teams are willing

00:41 to maybe move on from a quarterback or two, just getting your ducks in a row.

00:44 But I think they're being honest with us when they tell us this is Zach Wilson's team, because

00:48 if I'm being honest with myself and the assessment of the Jets, they're better off staying with

00:52 Zach Wilson.

00:53 I understand, Tom Brady and Philip Rivers.

00:55 Trust me right now when I say this, Zach Wilson is the best option for the Jets overall,

01:00 because two things are going to happen.

01:01 If Zach Wilson plays well this year and they make the playoffs, I'm not talking Super Bowl,

01:05 he's going to be on your roster and maybe he's going to be the guy that's going to succeed

01:09 Aaron Rodgers with another year of tutelage here.

01:11 If he's really bad, you can close the chapter on Zach Wilson, then find out if Aaron Rodgers

01:15 is coming back.

01:16 If not, you can move forward.

01:17 But let me tell you this, Ben, going outside the organization and getting Tom Brady to

01:21 come in, Tom Brady can't move.

01:24 He was the reason why you didn't have epic success last year for Tampa Bay.

01:27 Father Time catches up.

01:29 He couldn't move at the end of it.

01:30 Philip Rivers, he can't move.

01:32 And also the arm strength is nowhere near what Zach Wilson has here.

01:35 And then if you take some of the other options, you know, Mitchell Trubisky and Jacoby Brissett

01:39 and Taylor Heineke, that's the same quarterback that we're talking about over and over and

01:42 over.

01:43 Not a market increase here.

01:44 So it's up to Zach Wilson to carry the Jets this year.

01:47 I don't know if they're going to make the playoffs.

01:48 They're certainly not making a playoff run, but at least you get clarity or closure with

01:52 Zach Wilson for me this year, Ben.

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