{"id":141887,"date":"2022-11-28T13:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mike-white-made-easy-things-look-easy-for-the-jets-and-it-might-cost-zach-wilson-the-locker-room\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:35:15","slug":"mike-white-made-easy-things-look-easy-for-the-jets-and-it-might-cost-zach-wilson-the-locker-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mike-white-made-easy-things-look-easy-for-the-jets-and-it-might-cost-zach-wilson-the-locker-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike White made ‘easy things look easy’ for the Jets, and it might cost Zach Wilson the locker room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In most quarterback controversies, there is always an economy of language that develops inside teams. Players get more concise about what they prefer in a particular quarterback’s skills. Coaches tend to speak more bluntly about what’s going right or wrong at the position. Eventually, a chosen leader emerges from the locker room chorus.<\/p>\n

Rarely does this crescendo occur after one successful game. In the case of the New York Jets, it sure sounds like it did. So much so that in one commanding 31-10 Jets win over a beaten up Chicago Bears team, new starting quarterback Mike White may very well have won his entire locker room.<\/p>\n

In turn, Zach Wilson may have lost it \u2014 although there’s an argument to be made that Wilson has been steadily losing parts of it for weeks. Perhaps the majority of that attrition happened last week, when Wilson responded with a stern \u201cno\u201d when asked if he felt like he let the defense down in the wake of a 10-3 loss to the New England Patriots. As Wilson eventually found out when he was benched by head coach Robert Saleh, it’s one thing for an offense to struggle to keep up with a playoff-ready defense, it’s quite another to lack the self-awareness to understand when you’re actively hurting that same unit.<\/p>\n

When a quarterback showcases that kind of ignorance, it puts the throne of leadership up for grabs. After Sunday, White took a seat in that throne and the rest of the roster sounded ready to hoist him on their shoulders for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Consider that one week ago, wide receiver Garrett Wilson was saying of the Jets’ offense: \u201cThis s*** is sorry. We’re out here looking sorry and we know that we’re not sorry. That’s why it really hurts. We know we’re better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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