new york jets quarterback Zach Wilson He’s heading to Los Angeles to undergo knee surgery, and the team hopes to clarify how long he’ll be out.
Wilson suffered a bone bruise in his right knee and a torn meniscus during Friday’s preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles. He will have an arthroscopy on Tuesday to repair his meniscus.
Jets head coach Robert Saleh said Sunday, “We’re optimistic, but he’s not out of the woods until they get in there and make a decision.
In Wilson’s place, veteran Joe Flacco picked up the first-team rep for Sunday’s practice. A game against the Ravens could still set things up for the season opener.
Initially, there were concerns that Wilson would sustain a serious injury that could end the season. Post-game tests showed his ACL intact, and Saturday morning’s MRI revealed the exact nature of the damage.
The New York Post first reported that Wilson had been diagnosed with a bone bruise and a torn meniscus.
After returning to pass with 4:29 left in the first quarter, Wilson was washed out of his pocket and scrambled seven yards to the right, but was downed while trying to pass Philadelphia’s Naco Bedeen. It looked like I injured my knee when I planted it to mow in the grass in Philadelphia.
Wilson was down for several minutes as doctors and trainers checked on him. He cautiously went to the sideline and then to the dressing room.
“He’s fine,” manager Robert Saleh said of Wilson after the game. “He’s fine and obviously a little frustrated, but he’s doing the best he can in this situation.”
And he probably felt a lot better knowing that the season wasn’t over yet before it started.
Wilson’s progress in his second NFL season will be a major focus of the year for the Jets, who acquired the former BYU star with last year’s No. 2 overall pick. Wilson had a down-and-up season that started with a struggle, then sprained the PCL behind the same right knee and missed four games. But he came back and was solid all the way through without throwing an interception in his final five games.
Wilson finished his rookie year with nine touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. The Jets added some playmaking pieces around the young quarterback during the offseason.
A report from the Associated Press.
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