This former NFL scout thinks BYU QB Zach Wilson would be a good fit for the Jets with the second pick of the draft.
“When you look at the skill set of Zach Wilson, he fits beautifully into the Shanahan-offense they are going to run under Robert Saleh and (Mike) LaFleur; off-schedule, on-schedule, he’s outstanding in those areas,” said former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah on NFL Network.
And these next two points are perhaps the most important ones about Wilson:
“He’s an accurate thrower; he gets quickly through his progressions,” Jeremiah said.
First off, accuracy is huge in the NFL, which is why you often see some of the top quarterbacks around 65 percent in their completion percentage. For example, Aaron Rodgers career completion percentage is 65.05 percent, and last season, he completed 70.72 percent of his passes.
As for going through progressions well, that’s something the Jets must do better at the QB position moving forward.
Now in fairness, it should be pointed out, that going through your progressions against Texas-San Antonio, Western Kentucky and Texas State is a little different than doing it against the New England Patriots. Let’s be honest, BYU didn’t have a very tough schedule last season.
So Jets GM Douglas must discern whether Wilson’s accuracy and progression scans will continue to be excellent on the NFL level against much more complicated, skillful defenses. That determination can be very tough to make.
But Jeremiah clearly feels Douglas should pick Wilson at #2.
“To me, he’s clearly the 2nd best quarterback (behind Trevor Lawrence),” Jeremiah said. “[This gives] Joe Douglas a chance to get his QB of the future. It makes a lot of sense.”
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