It’s fun to talk about how Aaron Rodgers’s presence has helped Zach Wilson, or how Wilson has learned from offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, and how maybe, just maybe, Wilson can turn his career with the Jets around with the silver-lining opportunity Rodgers’s injury has created for him.
But all those story lines didn’t amount to much as Wilson picked himself up off the turf, having taken a sack from Kayvon Thibodeaux that gave the Giants possession in field goal range, up 10–7 with 1:26 left Sunday. At the moment, a lot needed to happen for the Jets to have any shot at winning—the defense would need a stop, the special teams might need some luck on the field goal try and then the offense would need to drive the field.
Which is why, as the Jets sent their defense out on the field, the quarterback and his coaches’ first instinct was to reach into their bag of tricks.
