Post NFL expert Dave Blezow makes his predictions for the Week 13 NFL games.
Last week in this space I posited that Robert Saleh made the right call in benching Zach Wilson because it would enable all of the other players to concentrate on their own jobs rather than fixate on what Wilson was doing and saying.
That theory played out to an extent in the Jets’ 31-10 rout of the depleted Bears. But it turned out to be more than that. The players went all-in on Mike White, making it seem as if they have known all along the wrong guy was quarterbacking the team. It was a potentially toxic situation that Saleh corrected just before it reached epidemic proportions. To start Wilson again would have been to make a liar of the coach whenever he’d tell the team, “best players play.” Oh, really, except at the most important position? It also would have made a mockery of Saleh’s “All Gas, No Brake” mantra. That would have sounded like a lot of hot gas because Wilson was the brake.
So now the Jets, 7-4 and currently in position for an AFC wild-card berth, head to Minnesota for perhaps their toughest matchup of the season. Could this be the game the productive pass rush can’t get to Kirk Cousins and corners Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed can’t shut down Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen? Could White quickly turn into a pumpkin as he did in his four-interception disaster against Buffalo last season? But there’s also this.
So the Jets should be right there with them. And with the Vikings ranking 32nd in the NFL in passing yards allowed and 31st in total yards allowed, win or lose this should be another chance for the legend of Mike White to grow.
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