QB trainer shares bold claim about Jets' Tim Boyle

Well-respected quarterback trainer Tony Racioppi of the TEST Football Academy in New Jersey spent time this offseason working with Tim Boyle of the New York Jets and suggested Boyle could be an ideal replacement for the benched Zach Wilson.

"We would have 4-10 Jets receivers and tight ends come throw with us in the summer, and Tim would run the whole thing," Racioppi recently told Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post. "He’d tell you, 'Here’s the route concept I want to throw today, and here is the exact split, the exact formation, where you should catch the ball.' All next-level stuff, speaking their language." 

Like Week 1 Jets starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Boyle worked under Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett when all three were with the Green Bay Packers during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. While Boyle has thrown only 120 career regular-season passes since the start of the 2019 campaign, the Jets are hoping his familiarity with Hackett's offense will help him find success when 4-6 New York hosts the 7-3 Miami Dolphins Friday afternoon. 

"He’s a guy you want in there because you know the ball is going to go to the right place nine out of 10 times," Racioppi added about Boyle. "He can change protections and call out the hot [routes] — all the stuff you do as a pro. He has a top 25-30 arm [strength] in all of the NFL — can make every throw on the field pretty effortlessly." 

Wilson served as New York's QB1 since Rodgers went down with a torn Achilles early into the regular-season opener until head coach Robert Saleh sat the 24-year-old during this past Sunday's 32-6 loss at the Buffalo Bills. According to ESPN stats, the Jets enter Week 12 ranked 30th in the league with an average of 270.3 offensive yards per game and 30th in scoring with 15 points per contest. 

Journeyman Trevor Siemian is now Boyle's primary backup and could play against Miami if Boyle looks no better than Wilson at MetLife Stadium. As of Tuesday afternoon, oddschecker listed the Boyle-led Jets as 10-point underdogs for Friday's matchup.