You can forgive Shawn Jefferson for being starry-eyed. He gets to coach Garrett Wilson. And you can forgive Tony Dews for being starry-eyed.
He gets to coach Breece Hall. Wilson, 24, and Hall, 23, were two big reasons why joining the Jets appealed to Aaron Rodgers , a pair of third-year stars now as bright as any WR-RB tandem in the NFL. “I have animated discussion all the time with Garrett in my room,” Jefferson said earlier in training camp.
“That’s part of who he is. ..
. That’s one thing I do love about Garrett, he’s a stickler for the details. He’s very thirsty for it, so you better be on your job as a coach, ’cause he wants to know why.
” Rodgers, who is on his job as the franchise quarterback and enjoys his animated on-field discussions with Wilson, can vouch for that. “I love that,” Jefferson said. “That’s a coach’s dream, you got a guy that’s driven like that, he’s competitive, you don’t have to kick him in the ass to go, he’s waiting on go all the time.
” Rodgers has compared Wilson to his former Packers receiver Davante Adams . “As far as his ability to get out of breaks and his quick twitch at the line of scrimmage, for sure,” Rodgers said in 2023 training camp. Wilson is 6 feet, 192; Adams, who caught 907 passes from Rodgers with 68 regular-season TDs, is 6-1, 216.
Jefferson (470-7,023-29 TDs receiving across 13 NFL seasons) doesn’t like to compare. But there are obvious similarities. “The thing that sticks out to me, an.