There will be a lot of eyes on rookie quarterback Zach Wilson in his first game with the Jets. Wilson, the No. 2 overall pick in April's draft, has experienced typical rookie ebbs and flows throughout his first training camp and is ready to line up against different colored jerseys.
"I'm excited," he said. "It's going to be good to prepare, just to get back into a season. It's crazy how fast it flies by from college to now, preparing with these guys. I feel like we're learning a lot and we still got a lot of time to just keep learning. We're learning now. We got a lot of learning this week and when we see these different opponents, it's going to be great for us."
Wilson, who threw for 33 touchdowns and 3 interceptions his final season at BYU, hasn't had a chance to display his off-script ability that draft analysts and evaluators consider one of his biggest strengths. That will change Saturday night at MetLife Stadium.
"I'd say an off-script, playmaking ability comes naturally in the game," he said. "I think when you kind of just done that your whole life, you get in a real game and things break down, you kind of just naturally have a feel to get out of the pocket. Make plays, find guys. Really, what I'm trying to train myself to do out [at practice] is, not do that and how can I just kind of focus on staying in this pocket? Guys around me, going through my reads and tight windows and, naturally in a game when I get that pressure, it'll just get me out of the pocket and work some of that stuff."
"I'm excited," he said. "It's going to be good to prepare, just to get back into a season. It's crazy how fast it flies by from college to now, preparing with these guys. I feel like we're learning a lot and we still got a lot of time to just keep learning. We're learning now. We got a lot of learning this week and when we see these different opponents, it's going to be great for us."
Wilson, who threw for 33 touchdowns and 3 interceptions his final season at BYU, hasn't had a chance to display his off-script ability that draft analysts and evaluators consider one of his biggest strengths. That will change Saturday night at MetLife Stadium.
"I'd say an off-script, playmaking ability comes naturally in the game," he said. "I think when you kind of just done that your whole life, you get in a real game and things break down, you kind of just naturally have a feel to get out of the pocket. Make plays, find guys. Really, what I'm trying to train myself to do out [at practice] is, not do that and how can I just kind of focus on staying in this pocket? Guys around me, going through my reads and tight windows and, naturally in a game when I get that pressure, it'll just get me out of the pocket and work some of that stuff."
