Zach Wilson will start for the Jets in Week 16, Robert Saleh confirmed. This was the expected Jets path, given the updates on Mike White‘s injured ribs. The short-week assignment made White’s road back tougher, and the team’s preferred starter will have a mini-bye to recover ahead of a possible Week 17 return. White attempted to receive clearance from as many as 10 independent doctors last week, and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com adds he is still consulting with doctors. But the Jets are proceeding cautiously with the fifth-year passer. Saleh does not believe the injury White suffered against the Bills is a season-ending malady, Brian Costello of the New York Post tweets. White is due for unrestricted free agency in March.
Here is the latest from the quarterback landscape:
- After Mitch Trubisky played in most of the past two Steelers games, the team is ready to move its rookie back into action. Mike Tomlin expects Kenny Pickett to start Saturday against the Raiders, Teresa Varley of Steelers.com tweets. Pickett has now sustained two concussions this season.
- The conditional 2024 pick the Browns obtained from the Panthers for Baker Mayfield will be a fifth-round choice, David Newton of ESPN.com notes (via Twitter). Mayfield needed to hit the 70% snap barrier with the Panthers. The new Rams starter did not come especially close to that, being demoted and then waived.
- Derek Carr‘s recent Raiders extension — a three-year, $121.4MM pact — gives the team a three-day window following Super Bowl LVII to jettison the quarterback and save $40.5MM. Carr trade rumors are nothing new; he loomed as a trade candidate for much of the Jon Gruden period. But a GM informed the Washington Post’s Jason La Canfora he does expect Carr to finally be dealt. Despite the Raiders’ struggles, Carr ranks 10th in QBR. The team’s blockbuster trade for Carr college teammate Davante Adams also might make a trade a tough sell, and the prospect of the Raiders needing to find an upgrade — an impediment to a trade during Gruden’s stay — also makes this a risky path. In his ninth season and having made 141 career starts, Carr is the longest-tenured starting quarterback in Raiders history.
- Making a push for a second MVP, Patrick Mahomes offered a bit of insight on how he ended up in Kansas City. The sixth-year Chiefs passer said, after a productive meeting with Andy Reid ahead of the 2017 draft, he spoke with multiple teams who indicated they would draft him. During an appearance on Travis and Jason Kelce‘s New Heights podcast (video link), Mahomes said he informed the Chiefs they would need to trade up to at least No. 11 to land him. Mahomes said he did not know the extent of the Saints’ interest at the time — New Orleans held the No. 11 pick — but the Cardinals’ affinity for then-Texas Tech prospect has been known for some time. Arizona picked 13th that year. The Browns also traded their No. 12 pick to the Texans, who chose Deshaun Watson. The Chiefs traded their No. 27 choice, a 2017 third-rounder and their 2018 first to the Bills to secure the No. 10 draft slot. That ended up being a franchise-changing decision.
I’ll say this as a Raiders fan- moving on from Carr would be the stupidest of a long list of stupid moves from the franchise. He’s been a good QB, evidenced by the QBR. He’s been a leader and a steadying presence. He’s not the problem.
How about hiring a coach that can actually coach instead of a splashy name?
How about doing absolutely anything to help the defense?
How about not bringing in a bunch of Patriots castoffs?
I’m frustrated. I’m over it. I’m tired of Carr constantly getting all the blame for the utter ineptitude of the people above him. I’m tired of rebuilds, retools… whatever you want to call it. How many decades has it been the same story?
Carr’s been a good soldier for a long time, so on a personal level I’m not expecting him to take this well. The Raiders (or the media) have constantly dangled him around as trade bait for much of his career.
On a practical level, no matter what you think of Carr, a trade would make the Adams trade just, well, colossally stupid. The trade was done specifically to unite those two, by Adams’ preference. Josh McDaniels has had a bad first year, and may respond by trading his starter. This must be a Disney movie, because it feels like a remake.
I agree with everything you said, except it’s not a Disney movie… It’s a horror story. We’re probably stuck with Hoodie Jr for at least 2 more years and there’s no escape.
New England somehow found a way to wreck the franchise for a decade again.
Trading car would only set us back even more. There only a handful of QBs who I would take over him, and somehow I don’t think anyone is trading burrow, Herbert, mahomes, Lamar, etc.
I’m sure Denver and Arizona would like to move on from Wilson and murray but are either of them an upgrade? Especially with longer, higer and more guaranteed $$
Lol. 10 years and hundreds
Of excuses. No playoffs. Many young qbs are coming into the league and winning. Carr has been outpaced by a fast pace offense he isnt skilled enough to be a part of. But. Ill sit back and watch a few more years of excuses.
How many of those young QBs play for the Raiders?
“Excuses” is something a sports fan says when they intentionally want to move intelligent analysis out of a discussion.
I think a lot of teams around the league could benefit fron adding Carr
Carr to the Jets for Zach and some draft picks above 4th round ( a 2 and a 3? couple of 3s?). Raiders bring in Brady for 1 year with Zach to follow up the next year. With all the offensive weapons raiders have Brady will be fine – may even get a playoff win or 2 but will def put people in the seats. Zach gets a year to watch Brady and learn under McDaniel.. if he doesn’t learn then he never will.
Man, no. Brady has a better team around him in TB, and neither he, nor them, has looked good. Hard pass on Zach Wilson, too. Point blank, Wilson isn’t good. I’m not trying to be overly critical, but I hate everything about this idea.
That “better team” around Brady got their ass kicked by Cincinnati after halftime. Such is why the NFC South is this year’s joke division.
I’d take the Raiders RB and TE over the Bucs right now – WR is close could make argument either way. Brady is familiar with McDaniel’s system so , to me, seems like at least a decent fit. Wilson might be garbage but there is some raw talent there and if anything can bring out that talent it would be sitting behind Brady and having McDaniel as his coach.
Except TB has a significantly better defense, and the “geniuses” running the Raiders declined Jacobs fifth year option. If Brady can’t lift TB in a much weaker division, I don’t follow how you think he’d be so much better in Vegas when he’d have to play Mahomes and Hebert 4x a year.
Also, again, McDaniels isn’t a good coach. He’s in over his head, and it shows. Look at how he runs the offense in the second half of many games. I just don’t see where he’d turn Wilson into anything.
That’s great and all but Derek Carr has a no trade clause with that contract. So unless he agrees to a trade I don’t see him being traded.
Might as well just sit White the rest of the season. They need to win out just for a chance at the playoffs and even if they did there’s no guarantee. Just sit him, roll with Zach and collect the better draft pick
Tank the season when you’ve got a legitimate chance at the playoffs — how dumb can you get? Especially should the Chargers collapse.
I don’t consider their chances to be legitimate. Win out and pray for other teams to lose. Really hate to break it to you but there’s no way this team makes the playoffs
and people thought it would have been impossible the jets even sniff 4 wins this season … how many thought the jets in giants would even be in the playoff picture this season. This year has been the year of opposites so i would say anything goes.
Who would have thought the colts of all teams were up 33-0 to the vikings and then had the biggest upset. Who would have thought bellichek would have called a fumble rooskie at the end of the raiders game .. this year the wild wild west and im loving it.
This years MR IRRELEVANT has a good chance to be the superbowl qb my god what kinda broomstick standing crazy stuff going on this year.
I agree with that, and I’m fine with the season as it unfolded. We only lost 2 games by more than 2 scores, so we were competitive all season. But now that we’re probably not making the playoffs, let’s just get the better picks and retool in the off-season. They made great strides this year, the sky is the limit for them, I’m grateful for what they accomplished this year. They also were able to identify the holes in the team so they can hopefully fill them in the offseason and come back next year ready to contend
Two concussions in your first season as a pro does not bode well for the future…
Your probably right but Sammy Baugh had a 16 year career while playing as a QB, safety and punter SIMULTANEOUSLY. No idea how many times he was concussed because it was just considered part of the game back in that era . He lived to the ripe old age of 94.
There’s always an exception to the generally accepted rules. I’m truly glad Baugh was one of them (likely).
F their long-term health. We pay for them to entertain us like modern day gladiators; besides they know what they signed up for and get compensated pretty damn well for it.
Merry Christmas!!!
My attitude every time I watch a game on Fox.
*Sarcasm*
Still amazes me how bad Pace missed on Mahomes.
Yeah, Sammy lived a long life, although he lived the last number of years with Alzheimer’s. Not sure if the concussions played a part in that, but they sure didn’t help
The protective equipment back then would be considered a joke by today’s standards. I’m not sure if players of that era were plain crazy or tougher than a week old steak but I have a ton of respect for them.
Yeah, agree. And don’t forget the rules of the game having changed drastically, as well. I mean, today’s game is like tiddlywinks to how it was played in the 70’s
Keep Carr one more year. Draft a QB like Hooker. Let him rehab and learn for a year. Assuming good health from Waller and Renfrow, Carr’s value should be higher net year.
Carr can play, but he isn’t the difference maker I was hoping he’d become.