FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Things started to unravel for the New York Jets in the first quarter of the first preseason game, Aug. 12., when quarterback Zach Wilson injured his right knee on a non-contact scramble. Talk about foreshadowing.
While his Oct. 2 return coincided with the start of a four-game winning streak, making everything seem right in the Jets' universe, the seven-week layoff robbed him of valuable practice time and hampered his development even though it was camouflaged in real time by a strong supporting cast.
It also set a tone of quarterback instability -- the story of the 2022 season.