{"id":290483,"date":"2023-09-12T21:49:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=290483"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:49:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:49:37","slug":"jets-hc-robert-saleh-on-loss-of-aaron-rodgers-i-dont-know-why-people-are-trying-to-put-an-obituary-on-our-team-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/nfl\/jets-hc-robert-saleh-on-loss-of-aaron-rodgers-i-dont-know-why-people-are-trying-to-put-an-obituary-on-our-team-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets HC Robert Saleh on loss of Aaron Rodgers: 'I don't know why people are trying to put an obituary on our team name'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not yet a day removed from the loss of Aaron Rodgers to a season-ending Achilles tear casting a shadow over a dramatic win, New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh delivered an emphatic message to all who were listening.<\/p>\n

The Jets’ 2023 season is not dead. They’re moving forward with hefty expectations and doing so with Zach Wilson as their starting quarterback.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know why people are trying to put an obituary onto our team name,” Saleh told reporters during his Tuesday news conference. “Aaron is an unbelievable piece to this whole thing and we love him, but I think there’s 52 other guys in the locker room plus the 16 practice squad guys that believe that we can do a hell of a lot of good things here.<\/p>\n

“We got a championship-caliber defense, we got great skill guys on the offensive side of the ball, our (offensive) line has continued to gel and get better, but we’re excited about our group.<\/p>\n

“While the outside world can go ahead and write whatever story they want to write, there’s still the true story being written in this building.”<\/p>\n

Though the aforementioned outside world might well be burying the Jets, Saleh is doing his best to imbue confidence into his squad and its fanbase.<\/p>\n

The first step was a firm and confident statement that Wilson, the much-maligned former No. 2 overall pick, will be the starter going forward. On Sunday, Wilson will start against the Dallas Cowboys, his first start since Week 16 of last season when he was thrust back into the QB1 slot after Mike White was injured. Saleh said Tim Boyle will move up the depth chart to No. 2 and they will potentially add another player to the QB room, but Wilson is now once more Gang Green’s unquestioned starter.<\/p>\n

“We are going to look through some things, but I do want to make it very clear: Zach’s our quarterback,” Saleh said. “We got a lot of faith in Zach, we’re really excited about his opportunity. But we’re rolling with Zach and excited for him and, like I said, this opportunity that he’s going to get.”<\/p>\n

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