Perhaps Jets head coach Robert Saleh is wanting to be a bit more cautious after Zach Wilson’s injury?
Saleh is undecided about whether he is going to play his starters in Monday’s preseason game against the Falcons.
“I’m torn on it,” Saleh said. “I wake up one day and I’m like, ‘OK, they’re going to play.’ The next day I wake up and they’re not going to play.”
Saleh feels the Jets’ starters got quality work during the joint practices with the Falcons and that it’s conceivable he rolls with backups on Monday.
Saleh says he’s “torn” on whether to play any starters on Monday night. Feels they got a lot of quality work in joint practices. So he’s undecided. #Jets
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) August 20, 2022
Of course, if he does go that route, then it’s entirely possible the starters will have played a total of two series in the preseason, as starters typically don’t play in the final preseason game. Not only that, but there is two weeks between the Jets’ final preseason game against the Giants on August 28 and their regular season opener against the Ravens on September 11.
But Saleh also seems to be weighing the injury factor as well, namely what happened to Zach Wilson against the Eagles. The last thing he needs right now is for Joe Flacco to get hurt and then he’s down to Mike White against the Ravens.
In this situation, it’s a tough call. He still has all day Sunday to think about it. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out on Monday night.
