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NY Jets: Zach Wilson’s rank among 32 backup QBs is alarming

New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh recently told reporters at the NFL’s league meetings that he expects Zach Wilson to be the Jets’ No. 2 quarterback.

Robert Saleh says that Zach Wilson will be the Jets' No. 2 QB: pic.twitter.com/rB6HYv8BBF

— Jets Videos (@snyjets) March 27, 2023

Jets fans know Wilson clearly isn’t worthy of a starting quarterback job right now, but the threshold for being a solid backup quarterback is substantially lower. Would Wilson really be all that bad as a backup?