Zach Wilson spoke to the media Friday for the first time since the New York Jets traded for Aaron Rodgers, and the first-round pick praised the four-time MVP.
Zach Wilson may no longer be the starting quarterback in New York, but theWilson appeared at his first press session since the New York Jets traded forQuarterback Zach Wilson of the New York Jets talks to reporters after the team's OTAs at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center June 9, 2023, in Florham Park, N.J.
"Of course, I would like to be the guy. So, at first, you're not always happy about that. But I'm extremely psyched that, out of any quarterback we could've brought in, it was him," Wilson said Friday when asked about his reaction when he first heard."I had been talking with him this offseason. I was with him early in the offseason before any of this was even getting talked about. So, we got to spend some time together.
Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers and Zach Wilson of the New York Jets shake hands after a game at Lambeau Field Oct. 16, 2022, in Green Bay, Wisc. The second overall pick of the 2021 draft was benched twice during a year in which the Jets had a chance to make the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
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