The New York Jets‘ decision to bench Zach Wilson was a surprise, at least to me. Not because he didn’t deserve to be benched based on his play, far from it. But because teams don’t tend to bench a QB they took second overall just 20 games into their career.
Zach needed a “reset”, per Robert Saleh, who spent a considerable amount of time ensuring the media were aware this was a chapter break rather than the end of Zach’s story in New York.
In the hours that followed the announcement, debate raged as to whether this decision was the right one or not.