The New York Jets is returning to the starting quarterback for the Week 4 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Wilson has pushed aside since undergoing knee surgery in mid-August. The second-year professional has missed four games of the 2021 campaign due to a knee injury, making way for a rotating group of signal callers, including Joe Flacco, Mike White and Josh Johnson.
Flacco started the first three games of the 2022 season, leading the Jets with a 1-2 record. Super Bowl XLVII MVP hit a career-low 58.7% completion rate shortly at the start of the year with 155 league-highest passes, 901 yards, 5 touchdowns. and 3 interceptions.
In New York’s Week 1 and week 3 loss against the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, Flacco recorded quarterback ratings of 74.8 and 53.8 with one touchdown and three interceptions and was fired seven times in total. In Week 2’s win over the Cleveland Browns, Flacco hit a quarterback rating of 110.7 with four touchdowns and no interceptions and was fired twice.
2nd pick overall in 2021, Wilson hit a 55.6% completion rate with 2,334 yards through, 9 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 13 games (all starts) of the season. front, while adding 29 more 185 yards and 4 points.
