The quarterback was terrible, sure. Zach Wilson doesn’t get a pass, not on a day when he could barely complete a pass, not on a day when he was finally benched in favor of Tim Willie Boyle, not on a day when he made a bloodied and banged-up Bills defense look like the Monsters of the Midway, and didn’t complete even one pass to a wide receiver.
But he wasn’t the reason the Jets’ season was officially sent to assisted living Sunday by the Bills, a 32-6 laugher for a team that itself was mired in chaos until about 4:24 Sunday afternoon. It was a minute later that Xavier Gipson decided to run back the opening kickoff, and about three seconds after that when he was separated from the football.
If you’d been a minute late returning to your La-Z-Boy with your chips, your guac and your leadoff beer, you discovered the Jets were already down 3-0. And while you might think the Jets should be proficient at playing from behind because they get so much practice at it, it was clear that the Bills would be able to name their score.
They named it 32-6.
So Team Chaos grabbed its season back.
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