The Indianapolis Colts host the New York Jets tonight to open the ninth week of National Football League action. With a win, the Jets could equal the Colts 2021 season win total with three. Seems unlikely, but who thought the Jets were going to hand the Cincinnati Bengals a loss last week with a backup quarterback running their offense?
The New York Jets have been looking for a franchise quarterback for about as long and with as much success as those in search of Bigfoot. Even legendary signal caller Joe Namath, who built a career around his Super Bowl III prediction and win over the Colts, had a lifetime losing record in his 125 starts for the Jets.
This year, the Jets made another stab at finding a quarterback that could lead them to their first Super Bowl win since the 1968 season. With the second overall selection in the 2021 draft the Jets selected BYU quarterback Zach Wilson. The start of Wilson’s career has looked like many rookies who come into the league and are overwhelmed by the speed of the NFL and the defensive competition.
Wilson was injured two weeks ago in a contest against the New England Patriots and in his absence the Jets turned to Mike White who completed the debacle against their AFC East Division rivals … a 54-13 loss.
Then, whaloo, White showed up last week and engineered the highest scoring game of the season for the Jets and led an upset win over the Bengals, 34-31. In their previous six games the Jets had scored a total of 80 points, so you can understand why the team is excited about the play of White.
Who is this backup quarterback that led the upset over the Bengals?