An inside look at Sunday afternoon’s Jets-Patriots NFL Week 3 matchup at MetLife Stadium:
An inside look at Sunday afternoon’s Jets-Patriots NFL Week 3 matchup at MetLife Stadium:Marquee matchup
Jets QB Zach Wilson vs. Patriots coach Bill Belichick
The Patriots have owned Wilson during his first two seasons. Some of Wilson’s ugliest games have come against Belichick and the Patriots.
Last year, he was intercepted three times in a 22-17 loss at home, then played terribly in a 10-3 loss in Foxborough, Mass., that led to him being benched.
In four games against New England, Wilson has two touchdown passes, seven interceptions and a quarterback rating of 50.6.
He has completed just 50.9 percent of his passes against the Patriots.
“I just need to be smart with the ball,” Wilson said this week. “Especially, last time we played them at home, a lot of them were just dumb plays by me. I need to play one play at a time, be efficient with the football, trust what I am seeing, and play ball.”
Head coach Robert Saleh said he likes what he has seen from Wilson in training camp and the first two games.
“He’s in a really good frame of mind, his footwork is light years ahead of where it was a year ago,” Saleh said. “His pocket presence is light years ahead of where it was a year ago. His confidence in the pocket, to sit in the phone booth and still deliver a strike, is light years ahead, and we’ve just got to give him time, and he’ll show how well he’s done or how well he’s improved, and that’s always going to be — it’s all 11 have to work together.
