Forget the stats. Forget the highlights. What truly matters at this stage of the game are the nuanced moments that allow a certain story to unfold.
What matters is the stuff that proves Zach Wilson is ahead of the NFL rookie curve. What’s important is that the kid is fearlessly making it look too easy.
Before New York Jets fans collectively lose their minds, it’s important to keep a few things in mind.
First and foremost, he hasn’t taken on full first-team units yet. Obviously, he also hasn’t had the services of some of his own guys either, such as Elijah Moore and Alijah Vera-Tucker, but the Green Bay Packers didn’t exactly play a phenomenal brand of football in preseason Week 2.