New York Jets' Zach Wilson warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Green Bay, Wis. Credit: AP/Matt Ludtke
Zach Wilson doesn’t want to join the list of Jets’ supposed saviors who never led the tortured franchise to great success. He wants to be one of many players who helped turn around the Jets.
That’s what made Robert Saleh’s message on draft night so meaningful to the 22-year-old quarterback.
"This organization is going to lift you, not the other way around," Saleh told Wilson over the phone.