The New York Jets faced plenty of criticism for how they handled Zach Wilson’s rookie season in 2021, and rightly so. They handed the second overall pick the starting job with zero veteran insurance on the quarterback depth chart behind him.
In fact, not a single quarterback in the building had ever taken an NFL snap going into training camp. That lack of experience and mentorship became a defining failure of Wilson’s early development, and as we all see years later, he never really recovered from it.
Now, the Tennessee Titans appear dangerously close to making the same mistake with their own rookie quarterback.