Jets quarterback Zach Wilson is having fun with the offseason together with his girlfriend whereas questions loom about his future with the staff.
Wilson and Nicolette Dellanno, a mannequin and influencer, stored heat in snowy Utah this week, in response to photographs she shared on Instagram.
“Took a visit to the snow!” Dellanno, a New Jersey native, wrote in her caption.
The couple opted for the colder climate in Wilson’s native Utah after they loved a tropical trip in Bora Bora final month.
Wilson and Dellanno, who’re pretty non-public about their relationship, had been first linked in June 2022 once they had been photographed at a Yankees recreation collectively.
The couple went from driving jet skis in Bora Bora to snowmobiling in Park Metropolis following one other up-and-down season for the previous No. 2 general choose within the 2021 NFL Draft.
The Jets completed on the backside of the AFC East with a 7-10 file, only one spot above the 4-13 Patriots.
The staff’s authentic plan for Wilson was to develop and be taught from Aaron Rodgers, however all the pieces went sideways when the four-time league MVP suffered a season-ending Achilles harm within the season opener towards the Payments on Sept. 11.
When the third-year quarterback was pressured again as a starter, he struggled to regulate the offense and seemed hesitant on the sphere.
Wilson was benched towards the latter half of the season and missed the ultimate two video games of the season after remaining in concussion protocol following a head harm in Week 15 towards the Dolphins.
The 24-year-old hasn’t lived as much as expectations in New York and it seems his days are numbered with the Jets.
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson didn’t sugarcoat his emotions about Wilson whereas ripping his staff Thursday earlier than the NFL Honors in Las Vegas.
“We’d like a backup quarterback,” Johnson stated. “We didn’t have one final yr.”
Wilson stays underneath contract with the Jets, however the staff is attempting to commerce him.
Head coach Robert Saleh and common supervisor Joe Douglas will return in 2024, however Johnson made it clear that they have to flip issues round and produce subsequent season.
“The discussions I’ve had within the final couple of months, they’ve seen me about as mad as I might be, with what was happening with the offense significantly,” Johnson stated. “We’ve bought all this expertise and we’ve bought to deploy expertise correctly. I believe all of them bought the message.
“That is it. That is the time to go. We’ve bought to supply this yr. Now we have to supply this yr.”
