Zach Wilson enjoyed an impressive outing in the Denver Broncos’ final preseason game on Sunday – with fans adamant that the New York Jets were to blame for his recent struggles.
Wilson was traded to the Broncos by the Jets earlier this year after a miserable three-year stint in New York, where he failed to live up to his promise as the second overall pick at the 2021 NFL Draft.
The 25-year-old is expected to play backup in Denver to rookie quarterback Bo Nix, who has already been confirmed as Sean Payton’s starter for the coming season.
Yet in Sunday’s preseason finale against the Arizona Cardinals, he made a very strong case to pip Jarrett Stidham to the No 2 spot.
Wilson drove Denver on four scoring drives as they wrapped up a perfect preseason with a 38-12 walloping of Arizona.
Zach Wilson enjoyed an impressive outing in the Denver Broncos’ final preseason game
In his most extensive action this summer, the former Jet jumpstarted a touchdown drive with a 21-yard scramble while also throwing a 46-yard touchdown on a frozen rope of a pass to Brandon Johnson with a beaten defensive back cutting across his path as he sped into the end zone.
It was a solid day at the office for Wilson, and fans have hit out at the Jets on social media after accusing them of not getting the best out of him in recent years.
One wrote: ‘I will never forgive the New York Jets for what they did to Zach Wilson.’
Another posted: ‘I mean, I was told that everything last year was Zach Wilson’s fault and he’d be out of the league by now. I guess maybe Sean Payton knows more about football than brain dead idiots on Jets twitter and the Jets media.’
A third asked: ‘So it wasn’t Zach Wilson it was the jets?’
While a fourth concluded: ‘Zach Wilson just needed to not get drafted by the jets lol because the talents there.’
Fans are furious with the New York Jets for not getting the best out of Wilson (Pictured: Jets head coach Robert Saleh)
Several users took to X to hit out at the Jets for wasting their former quarterback’s potential
Wilson has 33 career NFL starts and that experience showed when he sparked an 11-play, 77-yard touchdown drive with an impressive scramble from his own 13 on second-and-20. He finished that drive with a one-yard touchdown toss to tight end Nate Atkins that gave Denver a 14-0 lead.
His one-yard keeper capped an 88-yard drive that made it 24-6 in the third quarter and he found Johnson from 46 yards out with 6:22 remaining.
Wilson finished 16 of 25 for 251 yards, two TDs and no interceptions in relief of Stidham, who directed a 10-play, 55-yard drive by going 2 of 4 for 28 yards.
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