so I don't get this Kris. I want you to help me understand.
I don't know, I don't doubt anything Jay Glazer ever
report. Uh-huh. It can't be. I mean, there's a point where
you're just trying to build trade leverage, right? And then
there's a point where you're putting your own credibility at
stake in an effort to build trade leverage. I can't imagine
that they are so desperate to get trade value for Zach
Wilson. That Robert solow would be so adamant about sack
Wilson, right? Either
Yes you know
listen this situation. I did not agree, you know that with
how they handled it. I don't I got to rot lot of respect for
that Jets organization.
I've Loved just about everything, Robert Stalin, Joe
Douglas some done. This was not my favorite move yet. They were
five and two. I know it wasn't good.
Five and two played like crap. Nobody blocked. Anybody they
couldn't run and they lost the game on a punt return. And they
made it all about one guy. And that became the biggest story
with the team
and it distracted them. And I think,
A big reason why you can look at and why they went into
a losing streak to a degree, it just became too much there. So
I did not love that,
you know. And again, I know it wasn't perfect. I get that. But
you take your lumps for the, the,
the bigger picture of the organization.
And, you know,
it, I feel like it, like came to the end of the road where
gosh, I don't know if I was Zach Wilson. If I would want to
be here in the New York area anymore
with how the fan base is turned on them and treated them
and letting Alone. You know, he has a right to be disgruntled
with a team to a degree as well, but at the same time,
it's just like,
I hope the team's not given up on them.
I mean, two years in the NFL, we know, I mean, we've been
spoiled by some guys who can come in the league and tear it
up, but if we gave up after quarterback
on quarterbacks after a year and a half or two years of
play, damn, we would have never Troy Aikman Carrie. Bradshaw
little, Phil Simms,
man, John Elway struggled his first year and a half. I mean,
you can keep the Turn you on. And on for guys, that weren't
that great right?
Or we've seen quarterbacks that ended up great who played
an ugly style of football early on, in their career until they
got going Ben Roethlisberger, come on, all they did was run
the ball and manage him. His first year, they were 14 and
won and lost
in the AFC Championship Game. The second year, they go to
the Super Bowl. They opened it up just a little bit more, but
still play the same way. We saw Russell Wilson go to the Super
Bowl, you know, his second year and have that same kind of
thing.
I just feel like people were too,
Harsh. I hope the Jets want to stay with him. I do. But I'd
the more the question is, does, does Zach Wilson want to stay
with them? I think, is more the, the real question of
the matter here in Mike.
And, and, and look,
I hope that this isn't motivated by fear that he'll go
somewhere else play well, and make them look bad. And
some of that is percolating through Roberts. All those
comments because he's defended Zach Wilson by saying, others
have left the Jets. Done. Well, well maybe it's a Jets thing
then
and maybe they're not going to ever do well with the Jets.
Maybe they need to escape in order to have a chance to do
well somewhere else. I hope they don't squat on Zach Wilson
for fear that he thrives somewhere else and makes them
look. Definitely in the conversation up here. Mike to
your point though, it's definitely conversation now
because because here's the concern that I would have and
this may be this may be Robert solow, just being a good
soldier
that he He's just doing what they're telling him to do from
the very top of the organization. It could be that
Woody Johnson is the one saying we're not going to let this guy
go somewhere else and be the next Geno Smith.
We're already look bad for Geno Smith, becoming one of the best
quarterbacks in the NFL after we had him and we gave up on
him. We're not we're not going to let the if this guy's ever
going to turn it around. It's going to be with us or he's
never going to turn it around.
Here's where this becomes a problem. And I think we talked
about this when this was all percolating and happening and
boiling not just percolating, it was boiling.
If you.
Miss handle,
the separation from Zak Willis and if you squat on him and
keep him under your thumb, when maybe he doesn't want to be
there and you're right, we haven't heard from him. Maybe
he doesn't want to be there. And if they keep him around
when he
doesn't want to be there,
it makes it even worse.
These young quarterbacks coming out who will be highly coveted
in the draft 23. 24, 25 on and on, they got money in the bank
now
and they're going to have more and more money in the bank,
from the ni L deals, and it's going to start Sooner than
people realize where guys are going to pull the John Elway,
Eli Manning, I'm not playing for your team
and you know what?
All the factors that you've discussed about being a Jets
quarterback. The way the fan base is the way, the media is
the way. The organization is,
if I'm a top pick and the Jets have a top pick and they're
thinking about taking me, you think I want to play there
especially if they don't do right by Zach Wilson,
when we just kind of read at a point now where maybe it just
is best for everyone to separate. They refuse to do it
because they don't want him to thrive with someone else.
If that's the end result of this Chris,
it's going to hurt that franchise in the future when
it's time to draft their next supposed savior at quarterback.
It's an interesting angle. Mike. It is it's one that you
know
I didn't really think about you. There's a little bit going
to be more power in the quarterbacks hands coming out
of the draft because you're right they got money in their
pocket and they can play the waiting game maybe a little bit
more
than years past, right? That is interesting,
certainly Lee and
and, you know, to your point to bike, I think with the Jets like
like
I hope they if if he said what I hope, they believe in him
after what he said yesterday. Right, that's what I want to
say. I hope they're not doing this for the wrong reasons. All
right, I hope that there is the real belief that way we still
see town on this guy and we think there can
be something there to be had because you had to sell it like
that and then just a squad on it for
all the wrong reasons that
Kind of explained
is wrong. It's going to
you know, put a bad light on them
and it's going to lead to
and weird offseason
if that's the case there. So
we'll see where this goes but I do think this is one of
the more intriguing offseason storylines. Something to watch
out for. As soon as the league year ends are even here through
the playoffs as far as
rumors or things you here
because I could see this thing going going either way as it
stands right now.
If I'm Zach Wilson, I want to move on II, hear you. It's
somebody's got to get the word out on his behalf. It's time
for a fresh start. It just is. And regardless of what Roberts
all is saying, and I do think there's a chance, he's just
saying what he's told to say.
At some point, we need to hear from Zach, Wilson. Do you still
want to just like the Davante Adams question? Right? Zack, do
you still want to play for this team? And
his answer will go a long way toward
telling us, whether he really wants to, because either he's
going to say, No. And we'll have our answer
or he's going to say yes. And it may or may not be convincing.
So, hopefully, at some point will be asked that question.
Let's take a break. We'll have more p.f. to live, right after
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