For the first time in Zach Wilson’s young NFL career, the Jets quarterback will be facing the Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Sunday.
The 23-year-old looked up to the four-time NFL MVP as he was growing up, and apparently, Wilson studied Rodgers’s film as a youth working on his game.
Wilson’s father, Mike, posted a photo of the two quarterbacks ahead of Sunday’s game, noting that the matchup is a dream come true for his son.
“Dreams do come true!” the elder Wilson wrote. “I can’t tell you how many times @ZachWilson and I have watched [Rodgers] on tv or studied his every movement on YouTube. Today he gets a chance to play against him. Parents if your child has a dream, embrace it. Sometimes dreams do come true.”
Wilson told reporters on Thursday about how excited he was to play against his idol in Green Bay on Sunday.
“As long as I can remember playing football, I was a big fan,” Wilson said, via Jets Country. “We didn’t have an NFL team in Utah, so I wouldn’t say I was a Packers fan, but I was just an Aaron Rodgers fan. I grew up watching him. I always liked to watch their games because of him and where he was at. He was the quarterback I tried to replicate and steal things from. I like the way he plays the game.”
Maybe we will see a jersey swap at the end of the game to cap off Wilson’s big day.
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