Jets center Connor McGovern doesn't miss a beat -- and doesn't miss a game. Over the past two seasons, first with Denver and in 2020 with the Green & White, he has started and played in all 16 regular-season games.
Asked by team reporter Eric Allen in a segment of "The Two-Minute Drill" about the start of the 2021 season at Carolina on Sunday, McGovern said: "I'm excited, I feel better than ever I've ever felt going into season."
Entering his fifth season in the NFL, McGovern, 28, said that he has often done a double-take when he sees himself surrounded by his ever-younger teammates.
"When I'm in the huddle with guys born in 2000 and 1999, it's nuts," he said.
As the team's stalwart center, he will be in constant contact with the Jets' rookie QB Zach Wilson. There might be no closer relationship on the offensive side of the ball and McGovern is all in on the young signal-caller.
"He's locked in, he's ready to go," McGovern said of Wilson. "He FaceTimed me yesterday [Wednesday] when he was up watching film with the quarterbacks, asking about some looks and stuff. No moment's too big for him. I'm impressed by how much of a gamer he is. In the preseason he took a large step up from practice. Now [on Sunday] it's an even bigger step. I'm excited for him."
Asked by team reporter Eric Allen in a segment of "The Two-Minute Drill" about the start of the 2021 season at Carolina on Sunday, McGovern said: "I'm excited, I feel better than ever I've ever felt going into season."
Entering his fifth season in the NFL, McGovern, 28, said that he has often done a double-take when he sees himself surrounded by his ever-younger teammates.
"When I'm in the huddle with guys born in 2000 and 1999, it's nuts," he said.
As the team's stalwart center, he will be in constant contact with the Jets' rookie QB Zach Wilson. There might be no closer relationship on the offensive side of the ball and McGovern is all in on the young signal-caller.
"He's locked in, he's ready to go," McGovern said of Wilson. "He FaceTimed me yesterday [Wednesday] when he was up watching film with the quarterbacks, asking about some looks and stuff. No moment's too big for him. I'm impressed by how much of a gamer he is. In the preseason he took a large step up from practice. Now [on Sunday] it's an even bigger step. I'm excited for him."
