A tale of two quarterbacks:
ZACH WILSON AWFUL AGAIN
(dynastyleaguefootball) Zach Wilson completed 19-of-35 passes for 160 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions in the Jets shutout loss to Denver.
Analysis: Yuck. Wilson has now completed 58-of-105 passes for (55.2%) with just two touchdowns and seven interceptions on the young season. The Jets have been unable to break him of his belief he can throw the football into tight windows or double coverage at the NFL level and Wilson is making some terrible mistakes as a result. The Jets are also failing to protect their franchise quarterback as he's taken 15 sacks in three games. There should be brighter days ahead, but the Jets passed up on a King's ransom in the draft and traded away Sam Darnold because of their belief Wilson could be the next Brett Favre. So far, we've seen the bad Favre and have yet to see the good version show up. Time will tell, but Wilson has simply looked overmatched thus far and may simply not have been ready to be thrown into the deep end this soon in his career.
Compared to this:
JUSTIN FIELDS THROWN TO THE WOLVES
(dynastyleaguefootball) Justin Fields completed 6-of-20 passes for 68 yards, adding 12 yards in Chicago's blowout loss to Cleveland.
Analysis: The stat line is awful, but the game plan was actually worse. The Bears failed to even try to protect Fields, going with a five-man offensive line with no help against the Browns front seven that featured Myles Garrett and Jadeveon Clowney. Cleveland ate him up with nIne sacks, including Garrett's 4.5. The Bears were able to produce a pathetic total of just 47 yards on the day and lost 67 yards on sacks alone. Head Coach Matt Nagy is on record saying he's not sure who will start next week between Andy Dalton, Nick Foles and Fields now. At this point, dynasty owners should hope it's not Fields if Nagy is unwilling to create a game plan to protect his franchise quarterback. This could, however, open up a buy low window for our QB15.