Pro Football Hall of Fame Game gives Jets' Zach Wilson chance to shine again

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New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will get his first opportunity to showcase what he has learned from Aaron Rodgers in the offseason and how he has built himself back during training camp.

Head coach Robert Saleh said it himself on Wednesday – Wilson is "very confident."

Wilson will get the starting nod Thursday night during the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game against the Cleveland Browns. The Jets will not play Rodgers during the game, and the Browns will keep Deshaun Watson on the sidelines. 

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New York Jets quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, left, and Zach Wilson talk as they stretch at the NFL football team's training facility in Florham Park, New Jersey, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

"I feel that he’s very confident right now, like he’s gained confidence and not necessarily in his ability to go out there and play," Saleh said, via the New York Post. "Just in his decision making and what he’s doing play in and play out. 

"You just feel that from him. You can see it in him, just how decisive he is with a football in his hands. It’s not where we think he can, but he definitely looks confident, he looks comfortable and he’s definitely moving in the right direction."

Wilson’s tenure with the Jets has been shaky at best. The former No. 2 overall pick out of BYU was 3-10 during the 2021 season as he threw nine touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. He appeared to lose the Jets locker room and his starting job last year after he failed to take responsibility for the lack of scoring in a 10-3 loss to the New England Patriots.

Wilson welcomed the challenge of Rodgers