It is not a secret, it was a blow for Zach Wilson With New York Jets.
The old choice n ° 2 of the 2021 draft has never launched two-digit affected in a season, only made 55% of the passes and, two years in his career, the jets brought in a future quarter of the aging temple to Aaron Rodgers to replace it as well as leaving.
He still played a lot during this season in 2023, in which Rodgers was sidelined with an Achilles torn four plays, but it was his last in New York. After sitting on the sidelines for the 2024 season as Broncos de Denver, Wilson Broncos Signed with the Miami Dolphins in free agency Being the safeguard of Tua Tagovailoa.
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In its first public comments since this decision, with the Internal podcast of dolphinsWilson looked at the difficult period with his new AFC East rival after entering the league with the pressure of being a high choice of draft.
“It was difficult,” said Wilson. “There are things, looking back, I would have liked to be able to do so much better, maybe I would have approached differently, but I think that, at the end of the day, all of this is part of the story. Learning from these experiences and these difficult moments, it is ultimately what led me here and, hopefully, to take advantage of the opportunity here.”
In Miami, Wilson could join a system that has already shot Tagovailoa in the coach Mike McDaniel, the attacking coordinator Frank Smith and the quarter of the Darrell Bevell quarter coach. To start, dolphins Adding the former Houston Texans Bobby Slowik Houston coordinator staff.
“I think it’s going to be a good adjustment with what I’m looking for,” said Wilson, “the type of offense, the amount of information I can learn from these guys. I think it couldn’t have been a better match.”
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With the jets, Wilson also had experience in a similar program with their former offensive coordinator Mike Lafleur.
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It will also help to have wide receivers outside like Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
“Extremely explosive,” he said about the offense. “There is obviously a lot of speed on the field. It is one of these teams that, when I try to watch Film of the Offense, you cannot really reproduce anything because they are extremely explosive with what they have. Coach does a great job to modify things to his players and what are their best strong costumes.”
Wilson is also a full season deleted from his time with the jets. He never had to participate in a regular season game in Denver, with the Recruit of Broncos Bo Nix from each match.
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“It was just a different way of watching the game,” said Wilson. “I thought they had done a great job to collect the whole team. I had the impression that, taking the next step, it has become a little easier to play with guys around me (in practice). ”
Wilson said that when he was with New York, he was still looking forward to playing the Dolphins game in Miami Gardens, knowing that there would be a better time than the cities of the North, the more it is in the seasons.
