Robert Saleh said that the team will look at some personnel changes as the Jets look to spark a fledgling offense, but starting quarterback Zach Wilson and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett will remain in their positions following Sunday night’s loss at Las Vegas.
"Nothing with the quarterback, nothing with the play-caller,” the head coach said Monday after New York failed to score a touchdown for the second straight game.
But there will be a great deal of self-evaluation ahead of other potential personnel changes and changes to how things are done on the offensive side of the ball.
“We’re just looking at things with regards to schematically the things that we can do differently. Trying to continue to find ways to feature more of the things that our guys are comfortable with, obviously, gameplan permitted,” Saleh said. “As far as meetings go, meeting structure, practice habits or practice plans and all that, we’re looking at everything, guys.
“But as far as personnel changes, we’re looking at some personnel changes which I'm going to keep here with me. We’re looking across the board to see if we can find a way to generate some offense.”
Wilson, the third-year pro who was thrust into the starting role four plays into the season after veteran Aaron Rodgers sustained an Achilles injury, has struggled for much of the year, especially in the last few weeks. In Sunday's 16-12 defeat at the Raiders, he completed 23 of 39 attempts for 264 yards with an interception.
“Zach needs to get a lot better, he knows that,” Saleh said. “But to try and pinpoint it all on just one person with everything that’s happening, I don’t see how that’s productive.”
The head coach acknowledged that “you’re always gonna look at the quarterback first, along with the play-caller” when an offense struggles, but making a change for the sake of looking for a jolt is not the best course of action especially as Wilson’s play in his eyes is not deserving of a benching.
“In speaking about Zach, I get it. There’s a yearning for more, or whatever it is,” Saleh said. “But I feel like he played a good game [Sunday]. He’ll admit that he wants that interception back. But it is hard, it is hard to make changes just to make changes. Just to pacify something. Especially when someone’s not deserving.
“If he was deserving of it, I got ya, let’s change something. And that’s really for every position, that’s a coach, that’s a player, it doesn’t matter.”