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Video shows Jets fans reminding Zach Wilson about how much he disappoints them

Sending thoughts and condolences to Jets fans everywhere.

If you know a New York Jets fan, please get in touch with them. They are fed up with quarterback Zach Wilson.

There’s no other way to say this nicely. Jets fans are living in hell. Starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers is out for the season. Zach Wilson, the previous starting quarterback who the front office dumped for Rodgers, is now leading the team. Unsurprisingly, the Jets have struggled to win any games since they won in walk-off fashion in Week 1.

Head coach Robert Saleh is doing his best to settle the unrest over Wilson’s play, but it’s becoming more apparent by the day that even he struggles to believe Wilson is “the guy.”

After the team’s brutal Week 3 loss to the New England Patriots, a video on social media shows just how bad Wilson is disappointing fans.

Saleh and Wilson can be seen walking off the field when a fan yells, “Hey, Zach! What the [expletive]?” The same fan repeats the colorful phrasing to Saleh.

Yet, that fan wasn’t done. They continued, eventually shouting, “Zach! These tickets ain’t cheap, Zach!” Ouch.

If the Jets don’t start winning soon, I shudder to think what else may be hurled Wilson’s way. Other four-letter words could replace that famous “J-E-T-S. Jets, Jets, Jets” chant.

CORRECTION: Travis Kelce does, in fact, have game

We regret the error.

Last week, we incorrectly reported that Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s use of a corny-as-hell pickup line on Taylor Swift proves he has “zero game.”

Kelce’s explanation of said pickup line cast significant doubt on his ability to land one of the biggest stars in the world, or any woman, really, but it did successfully give us the ick: “I told her that I’ve seen her rock a stage in Arrowhead and she might have to come see me rock the stage at Arrowhead.”

I mean, come on. 

However, three days later, Swift attended the Chiefs’ game against the Chicago Bears in Kansas City, even sitting in Kelce’s suite with his mom. With Swift watching, Kelce reeled in seven receptions for 69 yards and a touchdown en route to a 41-10 win. After the game, the pair were seen leaving Arrowhead Stadium together in a convertible.

It appears Travis Kelce does, in fact, have game.

We regret the error. 

NFL fans thought Keion White wasn’t thrilled to be drafted by the Patriots

That was quite the reaction.

The NFL Draft is one of the biggest days in the life of any player lucky enough to be selected.

With that being said, former Georgia Tech edge rusher Keion White didn’t seem particularly happy when his name was called by the New England Patriots in the second round on Friday night with the 46th pick.

White, whose reaction was shown via a remote camera from his home in Atlanta, barely reacted when he was drafted, remaining eerily stone-faced throughout.

Unsurprisingly, many fans took this to mean White — who transferred to the Yellow Jackets after beginning his career at Old Dominion as a tight end — wasn’t happy with his selection by New England in the second round.

Certainly, it’s unfair to read too much into his reaction at such a pivotal moment in his life, and it would be understandable if he was frustrated that he wasn’t selected on Thursday night. Some saw White as a first-round prospect entering the draft.

It’s also entirely possible that the broadcast was receiving a delayed feed and he hadn’t heard the news at this point..

Regardless, it may not be a bad idea to smile a bit more when he’s formally introduced by the team, though.

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Bill Belichick must face a tough reality: Losing is what’s best for the Patriots

It’s time to tank.

Bill Belichick has two common adages. The New England Patriots are always doing “what’s best for the team” and they’re always doing “what’s best to win the game.” But what if those two goals conflict, now that the Patriots are 2-5 in 2020? What if it’s best for the team to start losing games?

They’re not making the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. Belichick has to accept his fate for 2020: irrelevance. He has to look at his roster and see what it is: porous. And he has to see his best means of turning things around: the 2021 offseason. Belichick should shoot to pick high in the NFL draft, which should boast a number of elite draft prospects at quarterback, with Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Ohio State’s Justin Fields and North Dakota State’s Trey Lance, among others. The Patriots already have a huge amount of cap space for free agency, which is a tremendous advantage, with roughly half of the NFL projected to be over the cap, if it falls like many expect it to. It’s time for the Patriots to try to move up the draft board, too.

So the Patriots need to stop winning games in 2020.

Hot take! Sacrilege! Madness! Clickbait!

Though impossible to consider in New England, tanking is the common recourse for other struggling teams. Tanking may run contrary to everything Belichick stands for. It’s like telling the coach not to wear his hoodie, not to mutter sarcastically at inquisitive reporters, not to bully rookie quarterbacks. (He’s never lost to one.) Belichick is synonymous with winning — losing isn’t going to come naturally to him.

The biggest part of a rebuild will be replacing Tom Brady. You may have heard: finding a quarterback can be difficult in the NFL. Belichick told reporters after the game that he’s committed to Cam Newton this year.

“Cam’s our quarterback. Been that way all year,” Belichick said postgame.

But what about in 2021? Perhaps Belichick is trying to decide whether he should commit to Newton, who is playing on a one-year contract, in the future by spending more time with him at the helm of the offense. That could also mean that Jarrett Stidham, a 2019 fourth-round draft pick, is not in line to be a big part of New England’s future plans. It would make sense, honestly, with Stidham botching every huge opportunity, starting with his failed attempt at winning the quarterback job in training camp and continuing with his lackluster efforts in the fourth quarters of two games this year.

But at the trade deadline, the Patriots should be thinking about 2021, even if that means trading Stephon Gilmore, J.C. Jackson or Joe Thuney. And in the Patriots’ two matchup against the Jets, the Patriots should be thinking for 2021. It’s time for Belichick to do what he’s never had tried to do: lose.

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It won’t be ‘special’ as Tom Brady, Nick Foles meet again

Tom Brady and Nick Foles face each other Thursday for the first time since Super Bowl LII

Different states. Different stakes. Different teams. It feels like a long time since Tom Brady and Nick Foles shared a football field as they will Thursday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.

It will be 977 days since the last time the quarterbacks met. That was a doozy of a game in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium when the Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles stunned Brady and the New England Patriots, 41-33.

You remember the game that saw Foles throw for 373 yards and three touchdowns. Oh, he also caught a touchdown pass from Trey Burton on the famed “Philly Special.”

Here’s a reminder:

The score with 34 seconds left in the first half — on fourth down — turned a 15-12 lead for the Eagles into a 22-12 advantage at the break.

Brady, who threw for 505 yards on 28-of-48 and three touchdowns, was not done. He found Rob Gronkowski from four yards with 9:22 left to give New England a 33-32 lead after the PAT.

The Magic Man, Foles, then took over and led Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl victory.

With 2:21 left he connected with tight end Zach Ertz on an 11-yard TD pass that put Philly ahead 38-33 after it was reviewed. Jake Elliott added a field goal for the final score.

Foles, who was playing because starting quarterback Carson Wentz has been injured in the regular season, was named Super Bowl MVP.

So how did we get to the quarterbacks meeting at Soldier Field? Foles left Philadelphia for Jacksonville as a free agent. That didn’t work out and he was traded to the Bears in March for a compensatory fourth-round pick.

Brady won another Super Bowl with New England and left as a free agent, signing with the Bucs in 2020.

And that is how they will both wind up on the same field against, 977 days later.