FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson was in elementary school when he learned he shares a birthday with Tom Brady -- Aug. 3.
"I've always thought that was kind of cool, the same August birthday," Wilson said Thursday. "The cool thing was, I think he was born in 1977. I was born in 1999 -- so 22 years later, which is crazy, right? We're playing the same game."
On Sunday, they will play in the same game, as Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11-4) -- in a battle for playoff seeding -- visit the struggling Jets (4-11) at MetLife Stadium (1 p.