Report: Zach Wilson has struggled with accuracy in Jets OTAs

[Barry McCockinner]

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"I got a close look at Wilson on Wednesday during OTAs at the team’s facility, and I came away with a shoulder shrug of sorts," Kaye said. "Wilson got off to a rough start in team drills as his first four passes were as follows: a throw behind Corey Davis, a throw that hovered over everyone, a clear throwaway after being flushed out of the pocket, and another bad misfire." Kaye said Wilson later completed a few nice throws over the middle and heavily targeted second-year WR Elijah Moore. By any measurement, Wilson's rookie year accuracy was disastrous. No quarterback had a worse completion rate over expected and only Justin Fields had a worst adjusted completion rate, per Pro Football Focus. Wilson, who has reportedly bulked up for his sophomore season, will have few excuses in 2022 after the Jets upgraded their pass-catching group with Garrett Wilson and their offensive line with Laken Tomlinson. "Overall, the recipe is there for Wilson to make a major jump," Kaye said. "That said, I think he’s still a massive projection at this point, especially in June of Year 2."

https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player-news/10787931

 

[JoJoTownsell1]

If only there was a thread where every one of Wilson's throws during OTAs were already discussed. 

[Warfish]

Accuracy was a serious issue last year.

It's too early to judge, but a meaningful increase in his accuracy is basically a base-level requirement for Zach to improve in 2022.

Good QB's are generally 63-65% comp. rate and higher.

55.6% just doesn't cut it.

So lets hope he gets past any early struggles in this aspect.

[Lurker89]

[thebuzzardman]

[Lurker89]

Pyre time already.... woot woot 

[Jet_Engine1]

[Jet_Engine1]

[Jet_Engine1]

[rtnelson]

Oh good.  We needed another thread about how Zach needs to improve this season.

[JohnnyLV]

Fugging Zach haters will cling to anything negative they can link and spew. You know what? Pick pretty much any game of an elite QB and note just how many throws are not really accurate either. FFS go troll another team.

[Sarge4Tide]

[freestater]

[Hal N of Provo]

5 minutes ago, johnnysd said:

Fugging Zach haters will cling to anything negative they can link and spew. You know what? Pick pretty much any game of an elite QB and note just how many throws are not really accurate either. FFS go troll another team.

You mean the same people who ignore anything positive? 
 

This one is extra funny because it’s the same news from the practice report, but someone stated the same thing with more negativity, so….

NEW THREAD!!!

[Alentador31]

It's been like one practice open to the media lol 

[undertow]

Let's pray Zach doesn't revert back to the first half last season I can't deal with fans making excuses for ground ball swing passes again.

[FidelioJet]

 

34 minutes ago, Warfish said:

Accuracy was a serious issue last year.

It's too early to judge, but a meaningful increase in his accuracy is basically a base-level requirement for Zach to improve in 2022.

Good QB's are generally 63-65% comp. rate and higher.

55.6% just doesn't cut it.

So lets hope he gets past any early struggles in this aspect.

While what you wrote is 100% correct.  Accuracy was, IMO, far and away his biggest and most serious issue last year.  This thread is silly as it's based on 4 passes.

If it were serious he would have mentioned he was almost perfect in the 7 on 7 following.  

We'll know soon if he was able to fix it.

[Warfish]

22 minutes ago, johnnysd said:

Fugging Zach haters will cling to anything negative they can link and spew. You know what? Pick pretty much any game of an elite QB and note just how many throws are not really accurate either. FFS go troll another team.

People who want more than 55% comp. rate are just haters, who should root for another team.

Because Zach and his 55% is just like the Elite QB's.

Cool, got it.  

[Warfish]

1 minute ago, FidelioJet said:

 

While what you wrote is 100% correct.  Accuracy was, IMO, far and away his biggest and most serious issue last year.  This thread is silly as it's based on 4 passes.

If it were serious he would have mentioned he was almost perfect in the 7 on 7 following.  

We'll know soon if he was able to fix it.

To be very VERY clear, no one should be making any real judgements till after Week 1 at the very earliest.

Practice, preseason, they might be indicators of where we're headed, but what matters is games that count.

If he looks like poop and throws for 50% in week 1, then this is an entirely legit concern.

And as the year goes on, accuracy will be something I am sure we're all going to watch and evaluate.

[Jet Nut]

Yeah, accuracy issues based on discussing a series one day 1 of 3 day OTAs

I clearly remember reports of where he was like 10 of 11 or whatever and the only miss was a drop.  

 

[Dcat]

29 minutes ago, freestater said:

[LockeJET]

[Spoot-Face]

Great

And just when @T0mShane was trying to be more positive

[Fantasy Island]

Water is wet.

 

[Spoot-Face]

1 hour ago, Alentador31 said:

It's been like one practice open to the media lol 

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[Scotty Wooty Doo Doo]

4 passes,,,,,,,,,4 !!!!

[Barry McCockinner]

1 hour ago, johnnysd said:

Fugging Zach haters will cling to anything negative they can link and spew. You know what? Pick pretty much any game of an elite QB and note just how many throws are not really accurate either. FFS go troll another team.

TIL I'm a troll and a Zach hater.

 

[TuscanyTile2]

I'll just leave this here.

[TuscanyTile2]

I think Zach would be much further along had Saleh not taken it so easy on the players early on.

[GangGreen Machine]

 

Jets QB situation last 2 decades

hope the kid can figure it out this year. Would be nice to see some competitive football 

[Rhg1084]

In that Tampa game he was making some ridiculous pin point throws with a supporting cast of all scrubs. I’m no worried about him in OTAs, let wait to see how he is in preseason 

[BigRy56]

What has the dude thrown like 10 passes? Come on lmao

[Jetsfan80]

33 minutes ago, Spoot-Face said:

Great

And just when @T0mShane was trying to be more positive

@T0mShane be like:

 

[DoubleDecker]

Dude was slinging it all  pre-season last year then struggled to throw a flat pass during regular season.  Practice in shorts and shells means nothing......

[Jetsfan80]

2 hours ago, johnnysd said:

Fugging Zach haters will cling to anything negative they can link and spew. You know what? Pick pretty much any game of an elite QB and note just how many throws are not really accurate either. FFS go troll another team.

This would be meaningful to me if we didn't hear this same garbage excuse for Sanchez, Geno and Darnold the last 12 years.