Zach Wilson is putting together a classic Jets performance at Dolphins practice

The New York Jets will have to take the Miami Dolphins seriously in the 2025 season when Tua Tagovailoa is under center, but their lack of depth behind him in the quarterback room takes most of the sting out of that offense.

The race for the backup quarterback role (which is extremely important due to Tagovailoa's past injury problems) is currently a race to the bottom between former Jets No. 2 overall pick Zach Wilson and former top recruit Quinn Ewers. Neither quarterback is setting themselves apart as they struggle with Mike McDaniel's offense.

After Wilson looked jittery and out of sync in a preseason tie against the Chicago Bears (who would have thought?), but Ewers managed to put up an even worse performance by completing just five of 18 passes and losing two fumbles. Wilson was able to cement himself as QB2, right? Wrong!

Wilson struggled mightily in a joint practice with the Detroit Lions, highlighted by a three-play sequence in which he was intercepted twice and should have been picked a third time. Wilson's quest to redeem himself away from the Jets isn't going according to plan.

Jets fans will like to see Zach Wilson throwing interceptions at Dolphins practice

Excusing this performance by saying Wilson is playing with a second-team offense doesn't hold up, as he is just one year removed from putting up some quality numbers with the Denver Broncos. Wilson's biggest flaw in the NFL has been throwing with timing from the pocket, and that is showing up again in Miami.

McDaniel's offense is predicated almost entirely on timing. When Wilson gets pressured, he will put the ball in harm's way, and a well-coached team like the Lions is going to take advantage of those miscues by pouncing on his turnovers.

The fact that Ewers, who was regarded as a fringe first-round prospect before the 2024 season and slipped to the seventh round, hasn't been completely thrown out as a viable option for the backup quarterback role shows how ineffective Wilson has been in Dolphins camp. Even if he wins the job, it may not be through his own merit.

Jets fans haven't had much to laugh about in recent years, but there is some delicious schadenfreude to be found in the Dolphins slowly coming to all of the same realizations about Wilson's style of play that the Jets did. At least the Dolphins didn't hand him the keys to the franchise.

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