Fans want Jets to bench Aaron Rodgers after Zach Wilson's stellar outing vs Panthers - "Rodgers benched confirmed"

The New York Jets got Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback, and now Zach Wilson is suddenly showing the potential, which was missing in the last couple of seasons. The former first-round pick has struggled mightily to meet expectations, and that has arguably been the difference between them making the playoffs and not doing so.

Hence, that's why getting a proven champion like the four-time league MVP was considered such a coup. Yet, as he showed against the Carolina Panthers in preseason on Saturday, Zach Wilson is maturing at a rate that was previously not thought possible.

Such has been his performance in preseason that many fans are calling, albeit tongue-in-cheek, for Aaron Rodgers to be made the backup quarterback instead.

Here are some of the best reactions on social media regarding the situation

Reaction on X (formerly Twitter) about Zach Wilson's performance and some fans pining for him over Aaron Rodgers

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Is Zach Wilson really so good that he could be a threat to Aaron Rodgers?

Preseason is not the time to make any concrete decisions about how you want to play in the regular season, especially the quarterback.

That's decided more during training camp than in pre-season. In fact, there's a higher chance that a backup quarterback gets some game feel in before the competitive games so that they can step in if required.

As good as Zach Wilson was in this game and in the Hall-of-Fame outing against the Cleveland Browns, that cannot be taken as a definitive reason to replace Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback.

For comparison, in the 2021 preseason, Wilson was even better in two games than now. He had a 75 percent completion rate, 137.7 passer rating and two touchdowns and no interceptions. We all know how poorly he fared in the regular season games.

In fact, even in this game, Tim Boyle threw for two touchdowns and had a completion rate of 90 percent. His only blemish was an interception, but he redeemed himself by making a tackle to stop it from becoming a pick-six. Eventually, the Panthers remained scoreless throughout the game.

It's highly unlikely that anyone is calling for Tim Boyle to rise up the depth chart and become the starter. So, all said and done, Aaron Rodgers will remain the starting quarterback going into the season.

If something does not go wrong remarkably over the year, he will hope to lead the New York Jets into the playoffs and a pursuit of the Super Bowl.