We have had a lot of "future franchise QB" rookies come throughout the years--I wanted to compare how our community viewed Wilson in his first year compared to other notable names. So basically, you are voting on which prospect you had the worst outlook on after just the first year. Not their whole time here (apples to apples) Not going to include Hackenberg because he shouldn't even be included as a legitimate prospect....
Definitely without a doubt Sanchez. He was beyond horrible but with the best OL, best running game and best defense. It is almost impossible to be as bad he was his 1st two years with the rest of the team being so good. But as to the rest of them Darnold had a much more promising rookie year than Wilson. Geno had a much better 1st season, used his legs and toughness to win 8 games and finished strong. Of the 3 Wilson had the worst season by far. But, if you add in Sanchez it is not even close.
The Sanchez/Wilson numbers are quite similar, and Sanchez's supporting cast was much stronger, but I think I expected or hoped for more from Wilson. In that regard, he has disappointed me more, even though he played a little better than Sanchez.
I went with Yips Wilson, maybe because it's so fresh. I eliminated Geno because he was a second rounder.
I see the thread title and poll title as separate questions. Without a doubt to me, Wilson has disappointed most after year one because of performance relative to where he was taken and his struggles with accuracy. Sanchez wasn't good as a rookie and had awful games beyond what Zach has ever done (anyone remember home against the Bills in 2009?), but also played really well in the playoffs so I had optimism after year one. I honestly though Darnold was going to be their franchise QB for the first couple seasons so his outlook was good to me. He also went out on a high to end his rookie season. I was never high on Geno and had lower expectations because he was a 2nd round pick so he had the worst outlook after year one to me. I still have plenty of hope about Zach - if he can get over these accuracy woes/yips, which was not a past concern for him, I think he can be great.
Darnold for sure. Sanchez was a lesser prospect that was over drafted in a bad year for quarterbacks, Geno was actually a good value pick in the second as there was a short period of time when he was being discussed for the top draft pick and Wilson’s story remains to be written but I have low expectations. Darnold’s floor felt like 30 TD/20 INT years where the Jets got into ridiculous shootouts. If it’s isolated to the first year, then you’re simply trying to make a point about disliking Wilson.
Wilson. The Jets overhyped him at the start, put him on the field with a bad team and then have had no clue how to manage him since then. 100% operator error on the franchise. Took the wrong guy, used him wrong, no clue as to how to fix the situation.
He has a great skillset and attitude. The challenge is making the leap from playing weak opponents in college to playing in the NFL. Time will tell how well he adjusts to the pros. He has the management support in place so he has a good chance of fully adjusting in my opinion. You can't say the same for Trevor Lawrence and his team. That organization is awful and worse than the Jets organization has ever been.
Sam showed a ton of promise in his first year, the problem is he never improved after that. Geno sucked, but he was a second rounder who wasn't supposed to start (remember Sanchez getting hurt in the Snoopy Bowl?). Sanchez was actually really bad as a rookie, but the team won at least. And then he improved in his second year but regressed after his third year.
Well said about Sanchez. I still believe if they added a vet like a Jason Campbell type level player they win the Super Bowl. Those teams in 09 and 10 were loaded. We had a Ferrari and we handed the keys to a kid who just got his license.
I see it exactly opposite to what you see. I think Trevor Lawrence still has a chance, albeit not a good one, to be a good NFL QB. He's going to have new coaches next year who are going to be looking at what went wrong this year and probably doing whatever they can to avoid the mistakes Meyer and his clown car made this year. Zach Wilson is going to be dealing with the same stuff that fried him this year and his skills clearly are not at the level they need to be to handle that.
Wilson has only been here a year so how can you compare anything else? Wilson has had the most disappointing first year and not all of it is his fault - it is a combination of everything being terrible on the team at the same time that means none of his weaknesses are masked and you just look at him and the state of the team generally and wonder where the hell there is to go - we are literally an expansion team at this point - we have no core.
Geno fell as the draft got closer but early in the process he was being talked about as a top 5 pick - I remember thinking how well we had done to get him the second round
I'd say Wilson, because he seems to make more unforced mistakes on easy plays than Sanchez did. Sanchez made bad reads and threw a lot of INTs, but Wilson does that AND he throws check down passes WAY over the heads of receivers under no pressure. I don't think even Sanchez would have been this bad even on this team.
Choosing not to involve Hack, and counting Geno, also was proving that agenda. There's clearly a QB he wants us to pick.
This was posted on another board but it sums up the Jets QB struggles perfectly. Giving the Jets a new QB is like giving a 2 year old a new Iphone 13. It's going to get mishandled & broken in no time.
Every time you try to login to an Apple device after the first few tries it adds more time until the next login attempt. There was a story awhile back about a 4 year old who had locked out his parent's IPad until the year 2040...
