Christian Hackenberg misplaced the struggle of the previous Jets quarterbacks Saturday night.
John Wolford, who was in Jets camp this summer season right before being lower to make place for Davis Webb, led the Arizona Hotshots back again from a 12-position deficit en route to a 20-18 street victory in excess of Hackenberg’s Memphis Convey on Saturday throughout Week 2 perform in the Alliance of American Football.
Wolford’s 4-yard go to Tim Prepare dinner with 7:07 remaining clinched the get for Arizona.
Hackenberg — the Jets’ 2016 second-spherical bust — was 14-for-25 for 102 yards and no touchdowns. He ran for a person touchdown on a 4-yard scramble in which he acquired drilled afterward. This was the second consecutive poor recreation for the the previous Penn Point out star who threw for 87 yards and an interception in a 26- loss to the Birmingham Iron in Week 1.
“We just acquired to maintain acquiring superior,” Hackenberg said. “We experienced a likelihood to get the recreation. Pair of likelihood to get the recreation. It just did not roll our way.
“We just acquired to maintain likely back again to work.”
Wolford, on the other hand, bounced back again from a shaky commence. He threw two interceptions in the very first fifty percent, but arrived alive in the ultimate two quarters. Wolford, who was 6-for-7 for 173 yards in the second fifty percent, was 14-of-22 for 194 yards and two touchdowns.
Wolford, who was named the Alliance Offensive Participant of the Week in the year opener, was not as superior as he was the very first week, when he went 18-for-29 for 275 yards and 4 touchdowns in Arizona’s 38-22 get in excess of the Salt Lake Stallions.
Nevertheless, Wolford said he was very pleased of his team’s resilience.
“Certainly not how we drew it up likely into the recreation,” he said. “But a get is a get. It was a workforce effort and hard work. At any time you can get explosive plays, it’s likely to ignite an offense. In the second fifty percent, we started to get people.”
