VITAL INJURY: Jets QB Legend Forced to Leave Dolphins Game Due to Head Injury
The Jets’ QB Zach Wilson was taken out of Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins late in the first half after being sacked four times and under pressure for about 25 minutes. With the Jets losing 24-0, he was replaced by Trevor Siemian for the final series of the second quarter. Wilson was led to the locker room and later declared out of the game due to a concussion.
In a 30-0 victory at Hard Rock Stadium, the AFC East-leading Dolphins (10-4) held the Jets (5-9) scoreless the rest of the way.
“From what I understand, he’s now in the [concussion] protocol,” stated head coach Robert Saleh following the game. “They [Miami] did a great job up front and it was hard for us to get anything moving,” Saleh said of the Jets’ trouble starting the offense with either Wilson or Siemian. They are deserving of a lot of praise. It just wasn’t good enough for me.”
Wilson was 4-of-11 passing for 26 yards and was taken to the Hard Rock Stadium turf 4 times for 37 yards. The longest Jets’ completion of the first half was for 8 yards with Wilson having little time to operate as the run game went for 14 yards. The Jets were limited to just 4 yards net yards Miami took a 24-0 lead into intermission.
The third-year passer lost a fumble on the Jets’ fourth offensive play and the game scoreless. Wilson couldn’t escape pressure and Bradley Chubb recorded a strip-sack that DT Zach Seiler recovered at the NYJ 4. Three plays later, Raheem Moster opened the scoring on a 2-yard TD.
Wilson, the reigning AFC Offensive Player of the Week, was coming off his best game as a pro when he helped lead the Jets to a 30-6 win over the Texans. Against Houston, Wilson completed 27-of-36 passes for 301 yards and 2 TDs.
