“It’s a blessing to be a high first-round pick, but you’re always going to have the label,” Wilson said, via the team’s official website. “They look at you as the franchise guy. From the outside looking in, the fans want you ready immediately. But it always doesn’t work out that way. Everybody’s timetable in the NFL is different. But I’m glad I’m here, I’m glad for the fresh start and I’m ready to dominate on the field. I feel like my game has taken a big leap from the first few years, and it’s continually going up. Stats don’t make everything, but a lot of people look at stats. I’m here to play great defense and be a great teammate, and the rest of the stuff will follow.”

“I feel like we can see eye to eye,” Wilson said of Young. “He knows what it’s like being a top pick in the NFL. He knows the ups, he knows the downs and he came here, he’s been doing great. That’d be another role model by my side, somebody that can boost my game and learn things from. I feel like every player’s journey in the NFL is different. I can’t speak for ( Young); I haven’t really gotten to sit down and pick his brain or what happened in his situation and he doesn’t know what happened in mine. But what we do have in common is him being a high-round defensive end, a high pick and he came here and he’s made the best of his opportunity. That’s what I expect to do with mine.”