It appears that Zach Wilson was hurting before the Jets pulled him out of Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins.
Wilson exited the game after just 22 snaps due to a head injury and was placed in concussion protocol, but he had tried to tough it out before finally coming out of the game.
Wilson’s mom, Lisa, said in an Instagram story posted on Monday that the Jets’ quarterback didn’t alert the coaching staff or medical team about how bad he was hurt until blurred vision and issues with his depth perception reached a concerning level.
“Yesterday was a little bit rough, Zach took some really, really big hits and he fought through it and really tried to just stay out on the field,” Lisa Wilson said. “ He didn’t want to go out, he didn’t want to stop playing — so he didn’t tell the sideline, the coaches, the trainers how he was really feeling and tried to just fight through it and be out there for his guys.”
Wilson had exited the game just before halftime after being completely under siege for the first half of the game.
He had been sacked four times during his short day against Miami.
Ultimately Wilson took one hit too many, which finally caused him to come out.
He finished the day going 4-for-11 with 26 passing yards and a lost fumble.
“Finally, after one more blow to the head, he really started having problems with blurred vision and his depth perception,” Lisa Wilson said. “He really started worrying that he was actually going to hurt his team if he stayed out there because his vision was not right and how you can’t play like that.”
Wilson, who is the reigning AFC Offensive Player of the Week, has had quite a rocky season but was coming off the best performance he’s had all year in the Jets’ win over the Texans.
Now it becomes a waiting game for New York as to who will be their quarterback for the Christmas Eve game against the Commanders.
Wilson will need to clear concussion protocol to play on Sunday and two of the needed steps to be cleared are practicing on a limited basis and then participating in a full practice.
There had been speculation that Aaron Rodgers would attempt to make his long-awaited return from an Achilles injury, but with the Jets out of the playoff hunt, the odds of that happening are slim at best.
That would mean the Jets turn to backup QB Trevor Siemian, who replaced Wilson last game following his departure.
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