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Photo by Maddie Malhotra/ Jets head coach Robert Saleh announced to the media on Wednesday that Mike White will start at quarterback for the Jets on Sunday against the Bengals. Recently acquired Joe Flacco will not join the team until Friday for personal reasons. It is unclear whether he will be active against Cincinnati. Jets’ HC Robert Saleh announced that QB Mike White will start Sunday against the Bengals.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 27, 2021 Mike White will start vs. the Bengals.If Josh Johnson is the No. 2, Joe Flacco will be inactive...

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via It’s that time of week again. Today we have our weekly Wednesday podcast mailbag. As always this is the point where I thank you for sending in questions. A mailbag show isn’t possible without mailbag questions, and we got a lot of great questions this week. As usual there were more questions than there was time to answer all of them. If your question went unanswered this week, feel free to resend it for a future mailbag episode. Unsurprisingly the questions this week were heavily focused on the quarterback position....

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/ In the second half of Sunday’s loss to the Patriots, Elijah Moore scored a 19 yard rushing touchdown on an end around. This wasn't the only time Moore made a play getting the ball in space on Sunday. In the first quarter he broke a tackle on a catch near the line of scrimmage and turned it up the field for a 13 yard gain. On closer inspection, though. This probably wasn’t the play that was called. You can see at the snap the offensive line run block. They all move to their right at the snap as though it’s a zone run play. Michael Carter...

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via There was a lot of quarterback news for the Jets on Monday. The team found out the fate of rookie starter Zach Wilson. Wilson suffered a knee injury in Sunday’s loss to New England that knocked him out of the game. The news is not the best imaginable, but it also is not the worst. The Jets will be without the number two overall pick for 2-4 weeks as he recovers from a sprained PCL. This left the natural question of who will take over as starter. Could the Jets really go with Mike White? Maybe would it be veteran journeyman...

Photo by Adam Glanzman/ Jets quarterback Zach Wilson is out 2-4 weeks with a sprained PCL. To replace him it looks like the team is turning to its backup from a year ago. Mike Garofalo reports the team is on the verge of reacquiring veteran signal caller Joe Flacco from the Philadelphia Eagles. Sources: The #Eagles are trading Joe Flacco to the #Jets. With Zach Wilson out of action for a few weeks, Flacco is headed back to Florham Park.— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 25, 2021 Jets trading a conditional 6th-round pick to Philadelphia that can possibly be...

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/ The Jets lost yesterday so as tradition dictates we must give out an anti-game ball. Almost every anti-game ball article I have ever written through the years has had comments saying it should go to one particular coach or the coaching staff. I generally avoid doing this for the same reason I try to avoid giving it to the quarterback. Coaching failures, like quarterback play, are at the root of most causes. You could probably come up with a plausible argument to give the coaching staff the anti-game ball after every loss. If we do that,...

Photo by Rich Schultz/ I am having a difficult time comprehending exactly what Mike LaFleur was trying to accomplish in the first series of yesterday’s loss to the Patriots. Let me get the disclaimers out of the way. The Jets were outclassed in every phase of the game. The players and coaches both did a horrible job. The team is still at a talent disadvantage most weeks when it takes the field. The first series of the game wasn’t responsible for the outcome. Still I was interested to see what the Jets would come up with. The bye week is a great opportunity for a...

Photo by Al Pereira/ Jets quarterback Zach Wilson left yesterday’s loss to the Patriots with an apparent knee injury in the first half. He did not return. After the game there were rumblings from the Jets locker room that the rookie quarterback had sustained some sort of PCL injury. ESPN’s Adam Schefter confirmed today that Wilson has a sprained PCL. His estimated timeline to return is 2 to 4 weeks. An MRI confirmed a sprained PCL for Jets’ QB Zach Wilson, who now is expected to be sidelined 2-4 weeks, per source.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 25,...

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via It was ugly yesterday in Foxborough. The Jets lost 54-13 to the Patriots. There is no scenario where that is an acceptable result. It’s even worse when it comes against a division rival. It’s unfathomable when it comes off the bye week. The Jets had two weeks to prepare for this game and looked as unprepared as you’ll see a team in any NFL game this season. On today’s podcast I talk about the game, although this episode is essentially a vent about how terrible the Jets were. The players were awful. The coaches were...

Photo by Maddie Meyer/ You can pick your adjective to describe the Jets’ performance on Sunday. Embarrassing, pathetic, unacceptable, unwatchable, putrid, and horrific all immediately come to mind. They all accurately describe the Jets’ level of play yet they still feel inadequate. The 2021 season for the Jets is being judged on the nebulous criteria of making progress. It can be sometimes be difficult to sort out progress from the win-loss record. We have no such difficulty in today’s 54-13 loss to the Patriots. There was no progress shown. The Jets have excuses...

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via CBS has a doubleheader today while FOX will show a single game to each region. If you live in the New York area, you will see: Panthers at Giants early on FOX Jets at Patriots early on CBS Bears at Buccaneers late on CBS ............................ Andrew Catalon and James Lofton will call the game between the Jets and the Patriots for CBS. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 pm Eastern. The broadcast footprint for this game is small. Most viewers will get the AFC heavyweight bout between the Chiefs and the Titans in the CBS early...

Photo by Rich Schultz/ When I watch the Jets these days I see a number of young players showing promise. I don’t see much else. That comes as little surprise. My former SB Nation colleague Jimmy Kempski compiles the average age of each NFL team on cutdown day each year. The Jets’ initial 53 man roster in 2021 was the youngest in football. Youth can be exciting, but there are pitfalls. There are some issues a lack of experience creates. Take this play by Bryce Hall from the Jets’ loss in London to Atlanta. It came at a critical juncture of the game. The Falcons...

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports It is time for our periodic check in with SB Nation Reacts. If you aren’t sure what SB Nation Reacts is, I will let you know. Each week SB Nation sends out surveys to NFL fans asking them opinions about their favorite team and the league in general. Since we last checked in the confidence rating has fallen among Jets fans. Two weeks ago heading into the London game against Atlanta, 80% of fans had confidence. The figure today stands at 59%. It was at 54% last week heading into the bye so that is pretty stable. It...

Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com/USA Today Network via Imagn Content Services, LLC The Jets are off their bye this weekend as they make the trip to Foxborough for a game against the New England Patriots. Joining me on today’s podcast to preview the game is Robby Sabo, the founder of jetsxfactor.com. On the show we discuss an article Robby recently wrote about the rush to judgment on Sam Darnold after the former Jets quarterback played a few good games to start the season. We also talk about the current Jets quarterback Zach Wilson and whether the bye week came at a good...

Photo by Maddie Meyer/ Today we have the weekly podcast Crossover Thursday show. I join Mike D’Abate, the host of Locked on Patriots, for information on the AFC East rivals from Foxborough ahead of this weekend’s game between the Jets and the Patriots. Over the last few years I have gotten the opportunity to speak frequently with Mike, and I always enjoy chatting with him. He offers a ton of insight on the bitter AFC East rivals. On this episode Mike and I discuss the respective rookie quarterbacks the teams have. We also chat about some of the key players the Jets...