The Jets are on the verge of losing one of their biggest supporters.
ESPN host Mike Greenberg, an unabashed Jets fan who experienced the highest of highs this year with the Jets trading for Aaron Rodgers, appears to have found a new low.
With Rodgers sidelined by a torn Achilles tendon, the Jets are relying on Zach Wilson to hold together the team.
But Wilson is crumbling under that pressure, bottoming out Sunday in the 15-10 loss to the Patriots.
Monday on “Get Up,” Greenberg cried uncle with respect to Wilson.
“He cannot be out on the field ever again for the Jets. … Their chances of winning anything this year are over. They’re not remote. They’re done,” Greenberg ranted. “They need to try to keep this thing together and if they run Zach Wilson out there one more time, Garrett Wilson’s going to lose it, Michael Carter was losing it. They’re all going to lose it.
“I don’t care who it is. Literally anyone. Carson Wentz is calling. Matt Ryan is calling. I don’t care who the hell you have to run out there. Do anything else. But that is going to explode in there. … They can’t put him back on the field again. Sunday night against Kansas City? That team is ready to fracture.”
Garrett Wilson and Michael Carter were each spotted on the sideline Sunday at MetLife Stadium airing their grievances as the Jets offense failed to establish any sort of momentum, aside from the one touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter.
The game was effectively over with 2:19 left in regulation when Zach Wilson was sacked in the end zone for a safety.
He finished the game 18-of-36 for 157 yards and QB rating of 61.9.
Through three games this season, Wilson is completing 52.4 percent of his passes and has four interceptions while being sacked eight times.
Greenberg’s Sunday night reference regards the Jets’ Week 4 game, when Kansas City (and maybe Taylor Swift) visit MetLife Stadium.
NBC had hoped it would have the marquee matchup of Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes.
Instead it is stuck with Mahomes and Zach Wilson, which probably means a lot of talk about Swift and her relationship with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.