For the primary time as a Jet, Garrett Wilson was voted a captain by his teammates.
It’s the most recent signal of the younger receiver rising as a pacesetter, after he signed a four-year contract extension within the offseason.
“I’ve had some accolades since I bought within the league, however that is the one which I’ll in all probability inform my youngsters about first,” Wilson mentioned Thursday. “That simply comes from the final three years right here. I’m not essentially the most outspoken man, I’m perhaps not the blueprint of the chief relating to a captain. However to know the fellows nonetheless admire the way in which I am going about issues they usually reply to what I do say, it means the world.”
The opposite Jets captains named had been quarterback Justin Fields, defensive sort out Quinnen Williams, proper guard Alijah Vera-Tucker, linebacker Jamien Sherwood, and special-teamer Marcelino McCrary-Ball.
“There’s positively some added accountability,” Wilson mentioned. “However all tasks that I’m keen to bear. I can’t wait to go on the market and simply go do it. I feel it appears to be like totally different based mostly on every particular person. They didn’t vote me as captain to behave like somebody I’m not. So there’s at all times stability in that.”
New Jets defensive sort out Harrison Phillips has been impressed by Quinnen Williams, the spine to the Gang Inexperienced protection.
“He’s an All-Professional,” Phillips mentioned. “The Jets media division had a title signal on the market, whenever you stroll out onto the observe discipline, ‘What participant goes to shock followers this yr?’ And I mentioned, ‘Quinnen Williams.’ I do know individuals assume All-Professional is as excessive as you may get, however I feel he’s going to shock individuals even surpassing that.”
Cornerback Sauce Gardner (fibula) and quarterback Tyrod Taylor (knee) had been upgraded from restricted to full members in observe on Thursday.
Offensive lineman Chukwuma Okorafor (hand) was restricted.
He didn’t observe on Wednesday.
