Saleh's press conference - Sounds like Flacco does have a shot to be the qb this year

[Joe W. Namath]

Listening to the press conference, Saleh completely blew off the reporter who asked him if this zach's team when he is healthy.  He talked in circles and never answered the question.  I think that is very telling.  He has been adament that Zach plays the minute he is healthy.  He was not that way today.

He also made it clear that the earliest Zach will play is week 4.  But really concentrated on the "earliest" part of that statement.  He was very clear he is not playing week 4, that is just the earliest he would play.

I love Zach and want him out there ASAP.  But after watching the press conference, I think if Joe is playing well and we are wining, Zach is not getting the job back this year.  

WOW!  I am stunned but to me, if you can read through the lines, it was clear what Saleh is thinking.

Watch that part of the press conference and let me know what you think.  It was pretty early in the press conference.

[Beerfish]

He keeps winning and playing well there is no reason to change, I am 100% confident this will not happen.

[SickJetFan]

6 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

He keeps winning and playing well there is no reason to change, I am 100% confident this will not happen.

yeah it is not just Flacco on the short leash here

[TBJ]

Don't be surprised if Mike White is starting by the end of the year.

[Biggs]

Zach was ready to go week 1.  He's been benched.  It's Mimsical.  

[pointman]

10 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Listening to the press conference, Saleh completely blew off the reporter who asked him if this zach's team when he is healthy.  He talked in circles and never answered the question.  I think that is very telling.  He has been adament that Zach plays the minute he is healthy.  He was not that way today.

He also made it clear that the earliest Zach will play is week 4.  But really concentrated on the "earliest" part of that statement.  He was very clear he is not playing week 4, that is just the earliest he would play.

I love Zach and want him out there ASAP.  But after watching the press conference, I think if Joe is playing well and we are wining, Zach is not getting the job back this year.  

WOW!  I am stunned but to me, if you can read through the lines, it was clear what Saleh is thinking.

Watch that part of the press conference and let me know what you think.  It was pretty early in the press conference.

Thanks for the summary. I didn't get to listen to it. Thats surprising since Zach has to get the ball, but its not surprising since Saleh has to look out for himself first and foremost. 

[pointman]

Just now, TBJ said:

Don't be surprised if Mike White is starting_____ by the end of the year.

Incomplete sentence. Starting what?

[munchmemory]

Saleh:  The gift which keeps on giving.    Boobie, make sure to keep the resume updated. Maybe you and JD can get a deal at Kinko's.

[TBJ]

Just now, pointman said:

Incomplete sentence. Starting what?

Cool story bro.

[Darnold615]

Did anyone ask whether the jets told the players to let the browns score at the end of the game there… or was it just bad tackling?

[PS17]

Wtf. This is bizarre 

[Untouchable]

5 minutes ago, TBJ said:

Don't be surprised if Mike White is starting by the end of the year.

LOL

The only way White plays another game as a Jet is if we experience some catastrophic injuries at the position similar to 2005 when Pennington and Fiedler went down.

[munchmemory]

1 minute ago, PS17 said:

Wtf. This is bizarre 

[Barry McCockinner]

This team needs to win games. If Flacco is playing well and the team is winning why would they make such a big change?

Funny thing is team Zach may have set him up for riding the pine by refusing to play week 1. That's just speculation but there was definitely something strange about the might play w1 -> w4 earliest pivot as well as the Wilson interview after that announcement. Might have pissed Saleh off.

[LockeJET]

Can someone post it please 

[TBJ]

1 minute ago, Untouchable said:

LOL

The only way White plays another game as a Jet is if we experience some catastrophic injuries at the position similar to 2005 when Pennington and Fielder went down.

Let's see how long they play Flacco and how long it takes Zach to crap out...

[Adoni Beast]

Unless you’re…

• OJ Simpson

• Aaron Hernandez

•Ray Rice

•Michael Vick

• Jamal Adams

…I don’t care who plays for us as long as we win.

[Waka Flocka Flacco]

There was always a shot that Flacco was going to be the quarterback this year. Stealing Woody Johnson's money is a long game. A long, dumb game. You can't use 2023 to evaluate Wilson if you use 2022 to evaluate Wilson. Douglas and Saleh might be a couple of overmatched bald gym teachers but they can kick a can in the general direction of a road.

[Adoni Beast]

Coach was hyping up Flacco all summer as “starter material.”

Coach is obviously feeling the hot seat heat and knows he has to win games.

[neckdemon]

9 minutes ago, TBJ said:

Don't be surprised if Mike White is starting by the end of the year.

hate to break it to you but mike white is a f*cking scrub

[Biggs]

3 minutes ago, Barry McCockinner said:

This team needs to win games. If Flacco is playing well and the team is winning why would they make such a big change?

Funny thing is team Zach may have set him up for riding the pine by refusing to play week 1. That's just speculation but there was definitely something strange about the might play w1 -> w4 earliest pivot as well as the Wilson interview after that announcement. Might have pissed Saleh off.

Agree.  Either Zach was benched or Zach benched himself.  One thing about Saleh is once you're in the doghouse it's not easy to get out.  

[munchmemory]

Just now, Biggs said:

Agree.  Either Zach was benched or Zach benched himself.  One thing about Saleh is once you're in the doghouse it's not easy to get out.  

Just ask the contractors still renovating his house.

[TBJ]

5 minutes ago, Adoni Beast said:

Unless you’re…

• OJ Simpson

• Aaron Hernandez

•Ray Rice

•Michael Vick

• Jamal Adams

…I don’t care who plays for us as long as we win.

High honors for Jamal Adams to be up there on the serial killers list.

[Biggs]

1 minute ago, munchmemory said:

Just ask the contractors still renovating his house.

In fairness to Saleh, his contractor is a Jersey contractor.  You don't screw with them.  

[Matt39]

4 minutes ago, Biggs said:

Agree.  Either Zach was benched or Zach benched himself.  One thing about Saleh is once you're in the doghouse it's not easy to get out.  

Seems like a mutually agreed upon benching.  

[pointman]

13 minutes ago, TBJ said:

Cool story bro.

[genot]

Ok. Here we go. The year of the Wilson draft, they're we're multiple reports about a split in the organization with regards to drafting Wilson, or keeping Darnold. It's becoming clear that had more to do with Wilson, than a belief in Darnold. Reports we're that split also included members of coaching staff. Wilson could have played this week. They just can't take the bib of him and the pacifier out of his mouth. He's soft. Maybe, I'm wrong. That's the feeling I'm getting

[Integrity28]

12 minutes ago, Adoni Beast said:

Coach was hyping up Flacco all summer as “starter material.”

Coach is obviously feeling the hot seat heat and knows he has to win games.

Slightly different take = maybe he just wants to win. No hot seat.

Maybe he felt Zach should have been developed like the 49ers did with Trey. Maybe it took a year for him to be proven right and he’s managing this situation towards what he wanted all along. 

[DoubleDecker]

Ryan Fitz-lacco?

[Vader]

Bob Saleh has a conflict of interest called winning. 

[Biggs]

23 minutes ago, pointman said:

Thanks for the summary. I didn't get to listen to it. Thats surprising since Zach has to get the ball, but its not surprising since Saleh has to look out for himself first and foremost. 

Saleh self interest and the team winning are completely alligned.  That's a good thing.  The idea that your going to waste this talented roster on seeing what you have in Zach is absurd.  There are season ticket holders and lot of professional football players on the NY Jets who's livelyhood is on the line and you would hope that all the players want to get to the playoffs and have a shot at a ring.  

Either Zach shows in practice that he's the best QB on the team and is ready or you sit him until he is.  He's not the only young player that's being developed.  

[JTJet]

3 minutes ago, Integrity28 said:

Slightly different take = maybe he just wants to win. No hot seat.

Maybe he felt Zach should have been developed like the 49ers did with Trey. Maybe it took a year for him to be proven right and he’s managing this situation towards what he wanted all along. 

Another slightly different take = Maybe he just doesnt actually know what hes doing.

Is this really that implausible? 

Are we to seriously believe that the team was split in drafting Wilson? The entire organization top down was hand picked by JD damn near it.

I cannot imagine a scenario where they were split on any decisions last year, or this year. The draft reactions they have shown us time and again show a completely unified organization (propaganda or not).

[ncjetman]

He keeps winning and playing well there is no reason to change, I am 100% confident this will not happen.

sad but true!


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[Untouchable]

Again, I don’t see why it would be the worst thing in the world for Zach to sit and learn behind Flacco for a year.

Frankly, it’s what should’ve been done last season.

The Jets still have Wilson under contract for another 2 years minimum.

Realistically, I don’t see it happening because Flacco is bound to have a clunker within the next 2-3 weeks that makes it easy to make the move back to Zach.

But if guys like Vinny and Fitzpatrick are capable of having career years well into their 30’s, then Flacco sure as hell is too. Especially with the level of young offensive talent the Jets have accumulated.

[Biggs]

3 minutes ago, JTJet said:

Another slightly different take = Maybe he just doesnt actually know what hes doing.

Is this really that implausible? 

Are we to seriously believe that the team was split in drafting Wilson? The entire organization top down was hand picked by JD damn near it.

I cannot imagine a scenario where they were split on any decisions last year, or this year. The draft reactions they have shown us time and again show a completely unified organization (propaganda or not).

Hard to know.  You're right the impression is total alignment but that doesn't mean before JD makes the final decision there isn't a lot of back and forth and differences of opinion.  You would hope the staff can speak freely prior to final decisions and they aren't all ball washers.