Zach Wilson Spent Last Week Galivanting In Utah Instead Of Preparing For The Most Important Stretch Of His Career
Somehow over the last month I've gone from feeling personally victimized every time Zach Wilson graced my TV screen to actively rooting for him to lead the Jets to the playoffs. It all happened so fast. I'd been appalled by him for over a year. Then all of the sudden he outplays Patrick Mahomes, and BARELY loses to the Chiefs in a game during which all 7 referees stopped the game at separate points to give Patrick Mahomes a blow job to completion before making some of the most disgusting pro-Kansas City penalty/not-penalty calls I've ever witnessed. Then Rodney Harrison did that weird interview with Chris Jones trying to bait him into shitting on Zach Wilson. From there on I've been team Zach.
But how do we feel about Zach Wilson (Mormon) spending the Jets bye week vacationing in sunny Utah instead of burying his face in film to prepare himself for the most anticipated 3-3 vs 2-5 matchup in recent history? Personally, I would have stayed home and worked. I myself am terrified of taking time off, even during the allotted vacation time Barstool gives me. The blog never sleeps. Livvy Dunne could make a surprise appearance on Adam22's podcast at any moment. I need to be ready for that. Barstool fans would be livid if that story wasn't blogged on our site within 30 minutes of it already being published by the New York Post, Daily Mail, TMZ, and AP News.
But I suppose the NFL isn't quite as high stakes as blogging for Barstool Sports. It's not like a unexpected football game is going to break out over the Jets bye week (although that'd be a pretty cool twist if Roger Goodell wants to sprinkle that in some day). But more importantly, have you seen how hot his girlfriend is?
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
Case closed. If Nicorette wants to go to Utah, I'm taking her to Utah. Have you ever been to Utah? It's beautiful. I went on a trip in college where we did a lap around the country and went to a bunch of different national parks. During the trip, we stopped in Utah and went to some location that was supposedly the #1 spot in America farthest away from any lights, making it awesome for star gazing. Just pitch fucking black. We camped out there and looked at the stars on a clear night. It feels like you're on another planet. The sky is more stars than black. I'm not joking when I say I saw 50 shooting stars in a single sitting. It was awesome. And I didn't even have a beautiful woman with me.
Jokes aside.. Babes aside.. I really don't want to have the take that Zach Wilson "should only be focused on football because that's what he's paid to do and blah blah blah." Because I've always kinda hated the hardos who think that way. But idk... that Shaun guy doesn't make the worst point. It literally is the most important stretch of games in his career. Zach Wilson has miraculously been given another chance, and somehow, someway he's been making the most of it. You can't fuck it up now, man. It's maybe not the worst idea to spend a little extra time in the facility. But to be fair, some athletes probably play better when they're able to get away from the game a bit. I have no idea what Zach Wilson is like, all I know is that if they do go out and get beat by the Giants, and Zach Wilson plays like shit, him going to Utah on the bye week is just an easy thing for analysts and Jets fans to point at and blame his performance on. He's not necessarily in a position to be cut any slack.
On the other hand, that girl is so hot. Like really hot. And Utah is really important to Mormons. Fuck it. It's too late now. All you gotta do is win this weekend Zach, and none of this matters. The Giants stink. The Jets defense is phenomenal. What could possibly go wrong?