NGT- Interesting rumor about Jets and QB Zach Wilson

[MightyGiants]

 The New York Jets coaching staff and front office enter the 2024 season on the hot seat, and one of their big failures was drafting quarterback Zach Wilson with the second-overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. In speaking to team sources, assistant general manager Rex Hogan was the one who pushed for the organization to take Wilson, and just this week, Hogan was fired. There were some voices in the front office who wanted the team to stick with Sam Darnold for one more season and select Kyle Pitts, Ja'Marr Chase or Penei Sewell. Obviously, all three of them have turned into good to great pros, while Wilson has been a massive bust. Darnold didn't pan out with the Panthers after being traded to them, but clearly, the Jets would be much better off right now if they had selected Pitts, Chase or Sewell instead of taking Wilson.

Hogan is said to have swayed general manager Joe Douglas to draft Wilson. Hogan was fortunate that he stayed on as long as he had, but that was said to be in large part because Douglas' wife is very close with Hogan's wife, and the personal relationship held sway with Douglas before running out this week.

https://walterfootball.com/nfl-hot-press-2024-senior-bowl-rumors-friday.php

[AYM]

I think any analysis of their front office or coaching structure is at best woefully incomplete without understanding that their defacto GM is Aaron Rodgers. Everyone else is just there to support day to day operations, but he controls the direction of that team right now.