Zach Wilson primed for ‘huge burden’ awaiting him with Jets

This was the dream night when Zach Wilson ascended to the New York Jets throne, when the green-and-white carpet was rolled out for him, when the honeymoon between Baby Face franchise quarterback and hyperventilating fan base began for however long it will last.

He is the Baby Face of the franchise because there is magic in his right arm, because there were times when he seemed to see the field and the possibilities the way Patrick Mahomes sees them, because there were times when he would throw from an angle that would make Aaron Rodgers smile in acknowledgment, because there were times when a mere flick of the wrist would turn into a 50-yard dime. Wilson gets New York City and New Jersey now, all of the Big Apple, gets a chance to make the kind of Jets history that only Joe Namath has been able to make … six months before the moon landing.