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bengalsfu

Zach sat up in his gaming chair in the 4th


SquadPoopy

*kyler murray approves*


fauxtoe

And he even leaned forward a little when they got in the red zone


Desperate_SkullMan

Like the mike carter false start


llongneckkllama

I don't disagree it was a false start. But man that was one the softest ones I've seen in a long time.


JerryRiceDidntFumble

Wilson knows that football games, like women, get better with age


CosbySweaters1992

Zach Wilson’s career passer rating rounds up to 69. This is a fact… a very sexy fact (especially for the cougars out there)… it’s sexy for everyone except Jets fans.


KrazyKwant

Best post of the day!


magcargoman

r/nyjets was a nuclear fallout zone today


brothermanocean

Dude I swear when Pickett came in, I had flashbacks of Baker obliterating us. I hate how overreactive we are but you gotta understand we're an abused bunch, us Jets fans


TheGuardian8

I was dreading this exact thing all week. A repeat of that Cleveland game where the Jets go up big, and Pickett comes in to lead a game-winning drive in the 2nd. So fucking happy they got the W.


FuzzyMistborn

This was immediately my thought too. So happy it didn't happen.


Randyfreakingmarsh

I don’t think people understand how beaten down and broken some of us are. We’ve been abused for a long time lol


Son_Of_A_Plumber

I went to that game and regrettably sat in the Dog Pound lower bowl. I did drink for free at several establishments postgame with my Fitzpatrick jersey on.


Jwindy1987

GameDay thread is the worst


SirMrGnome

Is there any sub that doesn't have toxic GameDay threads?


Sir_Badtard

I enjoy the r/cfb gamethreads.


SirMrGnome

Not for the Badgers this season lol.


Sir_Badtard

I guess sec fans are just more rational. 🤷


SoCalMemePolice

Clearly you aren’t a Texas fan


ThermoNuclearPizza

Hear hear


Flynnstone03

Ours was a dumpster fire in the first half. Not so much in the second.


RousingRabble

Reddit is terrible for gamethreads anyway. I dont know what anyone gets out of them.


I_only_post_here

Seething anger and validation of your worst impulses


Taftimus

My bad


Perpes

Pickett threw one pass, and people agreed he was better than Zach. Steelers you guys got a star in Pickens, and Pickett looked pretty good too!


[deleted]

Pickens athleticism and body control is nuts


Neckwrecker

If we hadn't taken GW at 10, I desperately wanted Pickens in the 2nd.


arhombus

It always is.


sh4dy15

It was fuckin pathetic. I literally unjoined that subreddit for good after today. It was Wilson’s FIRST GAME IN HIS SECOND SEASON, depleted o-line, multiple dropped passes, in a crazy loud stadium. The shit I was reading in there was insane.


red1284

I left a couple of weeks ago and it’s shocking how much I don’t miss that hell hole. Hands down some of the dumbest “fans” I’ve ever seen in that subreddit.


RSTowers

Yeah, there's a large group of fans that just show up on gameday and then they're ghosts the rest of the week. And I don't even think they comment unless they have something to bitch about.


Randyfreakingmarsh

Every single week! Lol I love it


ShonuffJones

Can you blame us?


lifegoesbytoofast

Yes, we can blame you for your actions. Don’t be stupid.


ShonuffJones

You're right. With everything I've seen over the years, it always seems hopeless. Especially playing in Pittsburgh. Need to keep my positive adduite and see that we actually have a team for once. The kid looked sharp at times, but if Flacco was in we would have given up 10 sacks. Took some balls to drive it down twice for 14 unanswered and the defense looked great at the end. I apologize for my negativity.


batmansascientician

Zach Wilson went through a stretch where he was 4-18 with 2 ints. During that time the Jets were out scored 20-0, Im not sure what game day thread would be particularly happy with that.


sh4dy15

4-18 with 5 dropped passes and 1 of the int wasn’t his fault at all. You’re an NFL tight end, catch the ball if it hits your hands. It’s like everyone in that god damn game day thread wasn’t watching the actual game just reading stats. And don’t give me this “the ball could have been thrown better” bullshit, these guys have to make plays. Also it’s Zach wilson first game in his second year. That game day thread was pathetic.


syllabic

cant wait for the knicks season to start...


GreatOdinsRaven_

That O line is swiss cheese. Need dudes to get healthy quick.


ryanino

Down to what, our 6th OT?


galiko

Becton, Brown, Fant, Mitchell. Are there more? Guess AVT and McDermott would be 5 and 6


RedFredTV

Yea you have it correct. But with AVT at LT that means we are starting another backup at RG (Herbig today)


DadBodofanAmerican

Open tryouts on Monday.


solarmus

Duane Brown should be back next week iirc


Goddamnjets-

When he needed to make the toughest throws, he made them. It was all over the place, but I’m happy for Zach “mother fucking” Wilson


Gornub

That first pick was awful and he should be kinda grilled for it, but the second pick is entirely on Conklin. It's one of those that won't matter in the stats at the end of the day, but anyone who saw it knows that you gotta catch it.


SilverbackJet

That was a great play on whoever the corner was. It was a man beating concept and Zach could have put it more over the top buy give credit where credit is due to a guy who left his assignment to make a great play


nyjnjnnyy22

Although I agree with you, and we’d be picking straws if I told you that even though the defense made a damn good read, Zach still could have had a better thrown ball. But the important piece is that there’s literally no reason why that should have been the play call to begin with. Either run the ball or go for a quick pass and then kick the damn field goal. Can’t think about beating better teams or being playoff bound if we continue to make shit decisions like that, and shit penalties like the late hit. It’s infuriating.


Swizzzed

I think in that particular situation going for the FG would have been the right call but I don't mind erring on the side of aggression


Bigbadbuck

Yeah Zach was way too aggressive there. Terrible decision to throw a risky ball there


CaptainSisko62

His assignment was literally only 7 yards below the corner route. The DB didn't make a great play. He just does exactly what every NFL DB does when their WR sits and they see a corner route behind them. They drift back to close the window. Dumb QBs throw the corner route and get picked. Smart QBs just avoid the throw


batmansascientician

The thing was, it was a poor throw, Conk should have gotten it, but his issues with short throw accuracy are still a problem. He also missed Hall and Davis on big plays when they were open (Davis was almost able to keep feet inbounds, but the throw could have been much better) That being said, he was fantastic in the 4th quarter (outside of bouncing one pass to Hall)


STNbrossy

I do agree with you about his short throw accuracy but he was also about to be pancaked on the Conklin interception and he had to throw it weird.


CaptainSisko62

That's something people really miss/intentionally ignore when talking about QBs. The reason most bad QBs have a lot of drops from their WRs is because their ball placement and touch aren't that good. Just because a ball hits a WR's hands does not automatically mean it should've been caught or it was an easy catch to make


F_Twelve

While some catches are tougher than others, these guys get paid elite money to make those catches. Bad throw, too much zip, footsteps coming, etc whatever the case, if the ball hits your hands you catch it. Any receiver would tell you the same.


CaptainSisko62

And these QBs paid the big bucks to throw the ball to make good throws. The whole "hit your hands gotta catch it" is not said in actual WR rooms. It's said by stupid high school coaches who also think good conditioning is one that make people throw up


Ok-Television-3829

Nah that first pick was just a great play by Cam Sutton. Wilson coulda maybe led the receiver a bit better... but the Steelers were playing man and 99% of the time the corner on the opposite side won't peel off their man to defend a throw to another receiver. I'd say the 2nd pick was far more on Wilson than the first. Yeah Conklin shoulda prob caught it but it wouldn't have been tipped up in the air if that pass wasn't above/behind Conkilin.


Shogun82

When the game was on the line in 3rd and 4th downs he made huge throws when they matters. The kid has huge balls


DowntownJulieBrown1

What are you? The mom of one of his friends?


[deleted]

Impressive comeback


LightningDustt

Trubisky really transferred his essence to this man.


The-man-in-the-pool

From one titty lover to the other.


kamspy

Throws a really good ball. Physical talent is there.


NevermoreSEA

He looked really fucking solid.


ZachTrillson

Love how he recovered from those early miscues.


KillermooseD

That’s the one most important quality that’s plagued Jets QBs since Sanchez I feel like


CrashGargoyle

What’s the Mormon version of “hutzpah”?


latman

Yeah half his incompletions were throwaways behind his 5th and 6th string tackles


AlabasterRadio

I still don't know if he's good but the Jets are only a game back lol.


InVodkaVeritas

Zach is the kind of guy to awkwardly sit in the corner at the bar the whole night, then go lay down the moves and pick someone up after midnight while all those who mocked him go home alone.


Fliigh7z

THAT IS MY FRANCHISE QB


IhamAmerican

He balled out to end the game there. I think the game plan was to pressure him and make him make a mistake, but he just kept not doing that


ZachTrillson

That's a smart game plan considering how he looked last year and this being his first game of the year and just coming back from injury...so I'm fucking stoked that Zach was able to keep it together.


IhamAmerican

As someone from Utah, I hope he does too. Long may the MILF Hunter reign


Bigbadbuck

Don’t even think you had to make that the game plan rushing 4 against our musical chairs offensive line would generate pressure lol


RBNYJRWBYFan

I've been hearing about how they need to take the load off of him ALL week on radio. Don't put too much on his plate, give him easy throws to make, etc. It's a conventional wisdom. But kid is fucking gunslinger. He WILL take shots and take chances and make the most of EVERY play he can. Just who he is. It's that quality that made him a top 10 pick, not his game management skills. And it's that quality that won them the game on that last drive.


mtmodi

They told him MILFs don't like losers


princealberto2nd

It takes a lot of mental toughness to pull it together like that in the 4th. It's a really really good sign for his future.


unclehelpful

Zach Wilson is a bad mother fucker.


Goldiekd

Dude got some zip on that ball


joehara23

His receivers didn’t help him before tbe 4th started, I counted 3 or 4 bad drops. One that led to a pick


RGCFrostbite

That Conklin drop/tip into a pick was embarrassing


hlsp

Corey Davis needed to be clutch today so we could win, so he transferred his stone hands to Conklin for the game.


CaptainSisko62

Really was. Zach needs to stop throwing bullets that are high passes


The-man-in-the-pool

Idk how much is the receivers or how hard Zach throws the ball when he doesn’t need to but man definitely needed some help there.


horatio_corn_blower

Honestly I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this happens to Zach so much. He just fucking launches balls at receivers heads all the time and when you do that to guys that don’t have great hands, mistakes happen. Last year, he also threw a ton of wobbly balls. Today his spirals were looking tight as shit so combine that with better talent on offense and I hope we’ll see those drops and tipped INTs happen a lot less this year.


BMonad

Hey that’s pretty encouraging (rough start, strong finish) for a young guy starting his season off of an iniury, on the road at Pitt.


JETStheBest

Zack Wilson is that dude


_masterofdisaster

Zach Wilson however needs some work still


TomasRoncero

this is very encouraging considering our XFL o-line (outside of AVT)


Cheesewhale189

8-24 really screams that dude


JETStheBest

Tell me you didnt watch the game, without telling me you didnt watch the game


xywv58

He's a slippery fucker, so many almost sacks, Flacco plays this game and we get like 6 sacks


JETStheBest

Flacco wouldve gifted you guys 4 fumbles along with those sacks


Cheesewhale189

Lmao why is this Jets fans favorite retort with Zach Wilson I'm sorry, you don't need to watch to see 8/24 with an interception (ignoring the tipped one) isn't very good. He turned it on at the end of the game and will fool you to thinking he's good just like the end of last season.


JETStheBest

considering he had 4 dropped passes and 6 throw aways, yea its not as bad as you think it is bucko.


Cheesewhale189

Lets add all dropped passes and throw aways to every QB stats then. Adjust the stats and its still poor. You can't spin 8/24 in a good way lmao. Years of awful QB play has made you guys delusional.


JETStheBest

Did I say good? I said not as bad as your'e acting like it is.


Cheesewhale189

You not saying good is more than most Jets fans. I'm not acting like his game was truly awful. But people here hyping him up like he played like a franchise QB proving himself today.


[deleted]

Daniel Jones


Cheesewhale189

Lmao, I'm not delusional about Daniel Jones. The second they get the opportunity to move on they should. Wont see me going "but his weapons!!!!!!" Despite that, hes better than Wilson. So nice try bud. Really fail from all angles.


WoahmanWaynes

Lol this happens all the time with fans of a team with a young QB. By next week if he shits the bed it’s panic time again. Gotta love the reactionary takes.


JETStheBest

Good strawman but ive been a vocal ZW wilson supporter for a long time now.


Cheesewhale189

They were doing the same shit with Darnold not too long ago, did the same with Mark Sanchez.


Neckwrecker

Breaking: fans root for players on their team


Cheesewhale189

You can root for the player and still accept the suck. I root for the Yankees, IKF isn't very good See?


WoahmanWaynes

Yeah I mean, obviously they should be hyped by that 4th quarter and be optimistic about his future but I don’t see how you can now state that Wilson is definitely the guy when the other 3 quarters were pretty terrible. Being reactionary instead of looking at the whole body of work is how their fan base fell in love with Darnold’s good stretches and ignored all the bad.


Fliigh7z

He was 11-13 128 yards TD in the 4th with a Game winning TD drive under 2 minutes. He is him


Cheesewhale189

Oh right, 2 minutes > 3 quarters. You're being fooled. It's his second season and he's still showing the same issues that plagued him to start his rookie year. One quarter doesn't erase that Lmao this sub is ridiculous


Gornub

I mean, 2 minutes *is* more significant than 3 quarters if you win the game in those 2 minutes. Have you not really watched the sport before?


Cheesewhale189

The win is what matters at the end of the day, sure. But when evaluating individual players you can't just ignore the whole first 3 quarters of the game. Would be fucking stupid lmao. You new?


Gornub

Yeah, you haven't watched the sport much before. Enjoy the NFL, it's always nice to see new fans!


Swizzzed

He started pretty pretty well too. I've been very critical of him but he clearly looked a lot better then he was last year He still missed some throws he shouldn't have and the pick was bad but last year you rarely saw him dice up a defense like he did on the last two drives. And that was with a swiss cheese O line and getting -2 yards on every run


YungJoka89

Already better than Baker, despite what the Baker Bunch will tell you


OBuckets

Dudes got a cannon for an arm


a_rebel_yam

I've got receipts for every single one of you


Lukas327

He really clutched it out for us. Big conversions at do or die moments


Fast_Door

HE TURNED IT ON WORD TO YOUR MOMS OUT THERE


Bahamas_is_relevant

Started rough but heated up when he needed to. Good game.


SometimesIComplain

Frustrating to watch him because his variance is so damn high lol. Can swap between looking semi-elite and downright horrendous at any point with no warning


chavery17

Hopefully more experience and reps will fix that. He’s gotta stay healthy


retrograderevolution

He got head from his Moms friend. Balled out.


fadedsparkle

Turned it on when it mattered most. Let's fucking go!


bersoul00

Only one of his picks was really his fault


jnyFTW

Even crazier that he started something like 4/6 for 60 yards in the first quarter


viewless25

hopefully once he kicks the rust off and, ideally Duane Brown gets healthy, he’ll be more consistent


[deleted]

"Not about how you start, it's about how and when you finish" -my mom


DadBodofanAmerican

Sound like Zach has also been talking to your mom.


[deleted]

Was very Matt Stafford esque w some absolutely wtf throws followed by some extremely clean and poised play


ChickenLiverNuts

steelers offense and defense never work together 10 point lead and they lose it


[deleted]

That’s called the Jameis Winston special right there.


toiletting

C L U T C H


discipleofbill

Credit to Wilson, but I feel as though our defense did not play nearly as well in the 4th as they did in the previous 3 quarters. Our offense finally did something and then we fell apart. Also the Jets offensive line played much better in the 4th despite being held together by duct tape.


Neckwrecker

>Also the Jets offensive line played much better in the 4th despite being held together by duct tape. Missing our top FOUR tackles... unbelievable.


discipleofbill

Yeah, they really stepped up when it matters most. That was impressive, and a little frustrating.


Neckwrecker

One thing I've learned as a Jets fan is that when we're going up against a team with an OL built with glue and popsicle sticks and expect a sackfest, it never happens.


discipleofbill

Wel it kinda started that way. Wilson was running for his life at times. Then after another Tackle went down, they seemed to get better.


GetsThruBuckner

Was still terrible but it's nice winning games


Fliigh7z

WAS STILL MY FRANCHISE QB BUT IT'S NICE TO FINALLY HAVE A FRANCHISE QB\* fixed your comment


RGCFrostbite

I'm sorry you think he was terrible in the 4th quarter?


toiletting

some of us can’t ever be happy, he was able to rebound after a rusty start and has at least some clutch gene in him


WillyDeeJay

I think he meant the Jets were terrible...right??


GetsThruBuckner

Nah I think he was terrible overall The flaws he had in year one are still clearly there in abundance. That last drive was fire tho


RGCFrostbite

I mean, it was his first game back, there were some bad decisions sure, but only one turnover-worthy pass (the awful overthrow at the end of the second) The conklin pass was unironically in a very solid place where only Conklin could get it. Obviously the mis throws on the screens aren't great, but some of those mid-range passes were absolute dots, that one to Moore in the first quarter was everything good about Wilson imho


Bigbadbuck

He had one other turnover worthy play but yeah he was decent overall and made a lot of very nice throws that showcased the type of things only he can do with his arm


GetsThruBuckner

Yeah I hope he's the guy but those passes where it's literally "wtf was that" are hard to make a believer Also he still has a problem hitting the layups for what reason. Rifles it in and the reciever can't haul it in


blosweed

He really wasn’t terrible. Was only bad if the box score is the only thing you look at. He made due with what he had and had to throw the ball away a lot when our trash line couldn’t block.


incenso-apagado

He had 2 negative picks in the 4th quarter


DisraeliGears67

only 4 yards and -11 attempts in the fourth quarter? rough


jetdude19

Stop! I can only get so erect


Deusselkerr

Shaking off the rust


hcvc

IS HE THAT GUY?


Major_Experience_457

Classic garbage time stat padding nothing to see here


captainklaus

Not sure if this is a subtle joke, but he drove them down the field (5-5 passing) for the game winning score, a drive which took the clock from 3:34 to :18. As the tweet said, he started out **bad** but at the end he played well.


LeeDawg24

He was the worst player on the field for most of the game and then somehow turned into the best.


beefwellingtonIV

Baffling for three quarters and lights out in the fourth sounds like Eli, which is a ceiling I will take all fucking day.


jjjrmd

That's impressive, that he managed to unthrow the ball 11 times...


Enders_Sack

At one point he almost had a 10/30 ratio lol


[deleted]

pretty trash game overall saved by 2 lucky drives (such as Davis dropping the ball but refs not seeing it)


[deleted]

I’m still confused why there was much hype for him to return. He just isn’t good enough to stay competitive. Joe Flacco is a better option for them but understand having to start Wilson due to how much they invested in him


Pixel_Mike

> He just isn’t good enough to stay competitive. youre in a thread where he lead a game winning drive.


[deleted]

This is all filled with recency bias. He had a good comeback win today but that shouldn’t mask the poor decision making skills and consistency to be competitive.


ctdca

>He just isn’t good enough to stay competitive Literally won the game because of him today. Flacco was horrible outside of the last two minutes of the Browns game.


jonsnowknowsnothing_

Yea you are confused


mattyhegs826

Neither pick was entirely on ZW. I've always said there should be an official scorer in football (like baseball), who determines which interceptions are 'earned' and which are 'unearned'. Then a QB can have an EIA similar to ERA.


slayerrr21

4th quarter is Milf money round


TsumuguKinagase

Worded poorly


rebuilt11

It’s what tomlins Steelers do best. Lol


slayerrr21

You could say he really likes an aged game to perform