Well, the Jets be okay with
their quarterback Zach. Well, seen this year. Here's Robert
solow mandatory minicamp week. Meeting with the media talking
about what he wants to see in year 2 from the second overall
pick in the 2021 draft. Sack Wilson, have a listen.
What are you looking for
from Zach in your to in terms of his development?
You ready for the cliche answer?
No it is. Got you know, he had Obviously it's for document had
a rough rookie year and we all did I didn't include myself. So
you know, just just in terms of growing, this
people are forgetting that he's got a young offense of
Supporting Cast. As receivers are young, his backs are young.
The old line is just gelling together.
He's young
and so, so for Zach really, it's just a continued to
progress and becoming the starter that starting
quarterback. And and moving in the direction that we're all,
we all know that he's capable of,
he doesn't need to be Tom Brady this year, he doesn't To be now
if he ends up being that, that's awesome. But that's not
the expectation from the expectation is for him to
continue to climb that mountain that that's
that's quarterback, play in this league
and
we all got his back and he's got a Supporting Cast that's
working its tail off and
from there just piecing it together.
And look I mean it's hey it's a process Tom Brady didn't become
Tom Brady right away. You become
a franchise quarterback through your results
you got to work toward getting to the point where you get
the results and it's not just statistical results. Like Matt
Stafford
early years of his career, he got to have winds, you got to
have on field results, the team has to be better, for Zach,
Wilson to be elevated. There's only so much he can do to
elevate himself. He has to get, w.zahn Sunday on it.
Regular basis, that's when you begin to get attention
and notoriety and respect. And that name enters the pantheon
sometimes quickly, sometimes it takes a while but look at
Justin Herbert and Joe burrow, couple of guys, we're going to
talk about later today as we get to the final for the Chris
Simms quarterback countdown. It can happen quickly, but it has
a lot to do with what you have around your, although Herbert
Herbert has been able to get
into the upper echelon
of your rankings without even getting the playoffs, right,
right. Or I mean, named Jamie, Yes, you know I mean it Joe
Broz Got Talent around him, but damn, there have been many
quarterbacks in the history of football. That got to the Super
Bowl with that type
of offense. A line
that tells you how special he is to. But Wilson,
I think, you know, Mike would that conversation there? I have
faith in Wilson to be a big timer and I believe the Jets do
to
anybody. You talk to, in that organization, they love what
Zach Wilson, does, you know, as far as work ethic, you know,
doing all the little things to make himself better.
So that's the first reason I got belief is the sounds
like the guy loves the game and he's living it and he's doing
all the little things to make himself better that way
physically mentally you know, all those little details and
intricacies
but the other thing too, is the guys got talent from plain and
simple. It's real talent. It's like wow talent and I think
when you put those two things together, all right, and then
you talk about yes. Like you're talking about support and team.
That's when
okay, whoa, here we got something. But the way he
played towards the end of the year, last four or five games,
I mean he played some big-time football. And yeah, they didn't
have a great running game always and their defense was
one of the poorer ones in football. So
he wasn't like, he got to sit there and oh, let's run
the ball and, you know, they'll manage me and I won't have to
do much today and maybe we can still win the game. Now, they
needed him to actually, like make plays and get in
the pocket and this is an advanced level
type quarterback play here. We got you to read it out and do
it. He showed, you know, growth and all those areas, let alone
the talent to be big-time. So that's where I'm excited for
him and the Jets. Mike Like
they're one of those teams where I want to put a little
asterisk next to them as in like one of those teams. I'd go
watch out for a little bit. I think there's a little more
Talent on the team than maybe people realize,
but we talked about this last week, their schedule is so brutal.
I just don't know if they can get the momentum and
the confidence going to really capitalize on it for such
a young football team.
Yeah. The first nine games, murderers rotor. The
Your games or tucked into the back half of the schedule
better to get those early and start winning some games. So
you don't feel that urgency that borders on Panic as you
get into late October. Early November now
mandatory minicamp people available to talk to the media.
Zach Wilson speaking after Roberts. All I had
an opportunity to field a question and answer it on
the expectations that Saleh has for his quarterback
in year 2. Here it is.
Sorry
to rush the ceiling was worried. I'd be progression. He
talks about 100 130, 150 140.
Is it tough to sort of be patient and not want to just
be great, right away,
right? Well, I have that confidence in myself, you know,
I see the best play the game and I think I can do the same
thing right now and, you know, maybe there's glimpses of plays
or whatever, but it is true like you have to write out that
process. You have to
understand the And where you're trying to get ultimately
overall. And
you can't just look at all in one year. You know, I have to
look at last year and the struggles and ups and downs of
as part of the process of getting better. And so,
of course, I'm going to try and be the best I can do right now,
but you have to understand that it's going to take time.
If it does take time. How good you think you can be?
I mean, I guess we'll see. I really do have a lot of
confidence in myself, to be able to see,
you know, obviously I think I can be one of the best and
I think, if anybody
doesn't say that, then they're not a true competitor. So
And that's right. As he sang that, it's like a. What else is
he going to say? Well, I could be middle of the pack. I aspire
to be average
who in the hell.
Now, I guess in some jobs where you don't really enjoy it and
it's not public. It's not visible. And you've got other
concerns away from work,
I've had jobs like that
and I thank God every day
that I do something now that I thoroughly enjoy,
but
if you're not really into what you're doing, Doing
sometimes your aspiration is just keep the paycheck coming.
Yeah, for something like this, where it's all founded on
competition,
and Sport and everything you do is going to be scrutinized.
Yeah. If you're not saying, I think I can be one of the best
you shouldn't even be in the business.
Nobody is coming out and saying
I just want to make an NFL paycheck as long as I can
because I really don't have any other marketable skills. All
right now. No, you're not going to survive that way in the NFL
more times than not, you know, the you A guy every now and
then who can be like, hey, I'm just doing this to collect
a paycheck or whatever and blah, blah
blah and they can get away with it. But those are like so few
and far between you got and they're not as good as they
could be. Those guys have a great amount of natural talent,
but there's squandering it
by not getting the most out of it, by not being as motivated
as they need to be 100%. And A lot of times, it is, those kind
of guys is the guy that you go, man, he is one of the more
talented guys on the team, if he just cared. Holy cow,
right? But they haven't had a care for most Of their life and
still been great. So, you know why care? Now, that's kind of
what happens with some of those guys, but when greatness kind
of comes together
is when you have a guy with the talent and then you go,
oh no, he's got a crazy work ethic. Well, Michael Jordan's
Got Talent and it sounds like he's the most psycho guy at
practice every day.
Well, there's Tom Brady. He's got an unbelievable arm and
play the quarterback better than anybody and he's a psycho
on May 2nd about, you know, timing and Rhythm and all.
That's, that's when you hit greatness and I do
The Jets, see some of that and Zach Wilson
and he does have the ability to back that up now. Can he put it
all together? We're going to see it is, there's a lot that
goes into it and then to your point, they needed to support
him to where he can show
all these skills. Allah Matthew Stafford, like you talked
about, oh wait, Matthew Stafford is good. Yeah, when he
has a little help around him, he could see all the other
things he can do that. Are there are top level so
that's where I'm excited for the Jetsam.
Mike, I know we've broken this down a little bit but
you break down the 0 line which wasn't great. Last year, but
Lake and Tomlinson. And now they're excited about Makai
beckton. Who I know we're going to talk about here in a minute
because he's got huge Talent,
you know, George fan at tackles. Pretty good
right? They got Elijah very Tucker at the other guard.
Now you add the running back Bruce Hall from Iowa state with
Michael Carter, the second and then the receivers,
you know, Elijah more early second round and then you got
Corey Davis top you know, pick top, 10 pick and and Garrett
Wilson and and seat.
Zuma at tight end. I mean, you look at it on paper
and I have that same feeling I've gotten with like the Miami
Dolphins. Maybe a few years ago we start to go damn it. They're
kind of good a lot of spots here now, can they go out there
and play and got out some games and learn how to win in the NFL
on a consistent basis that's going to be the big question
and like you talked about we talked about there's not a lot
of wiggle room with some of the teams are playing early in
the year
and before we spin it Forward on the offensive line I want to
Echo. Yeah point that you made because fans need to understand
because there's a natural resentment. There's a feeling that
Somebody wins the lottery athletically. They have these
god-given abilities that are just innate and inherent and
that is a big part of it. But also there's a commitment
to getting the absolute most out of what you've been given
its a bright highest possible level which means getting up
extra early
to work out, eating food, that you'd rather not
eat like bamboo shaped into a pizza, right? Just
off. A factor Phi saw Friday night is where you good for
you, right? No beer, no wine, no cigarettes, no weed.
Although the weed can be very
beneficial for the purposes of managing the pain because
that's the other side of it to you. Go out there and you get
the crap beat out of you and you have physical ailments
because of this sport that you've given your life over to
it isn't as easy it isn't as glamorous. It isn't as
get-rich-quick as people think you got to put a lot of effort
into it and the best players aren't just rolling out of bed.
And grabbing a cheeseburger for breakfast
and rolling into practice,
and, you know, throwing the ball around for a little bit,
and then going home and waiting for game day. That doesn't
work. No, you got to put the time, especially in today's
NFL,
it's too competitive today.
If you're not fully committed to it, you are not going to be
truly one of the best Makai becton could be one of the best
tackles in football Health permitting. The guy is massive
and there's a lot of expectations still.