The Jets lost their preseason opener, but as the show notes at the end of the first episode, the team has high hopes after a decade of mediocrity.

The episode almost exclusively dealt with Rodgers coming to New York and his impact on the team, so it'll be interesting to see how subsequent episodes play out and who will be the focus.

Everyone remembered Zach Wilson's deep throw to Malik Taylor during the Hall of Fame game against the Cleveland Browns, and "Hard Knocks" gave an inside look at Wilson breaking down his throw.

Rodgers also had the headset and wished he had more input in the offense.

"They don't let me call plays," he joked. "Telling them they should be taking more shots."

As the Jets played their first preseason game in Canton, Ohio, Sauce Gardner took it all in, even meeting new Jets Hall of Famer, Darrelle Revis.

With Gardner soaking it all in, Rodgers game the corner some hefty praise.

"You'll be here one day," Rodgers said to Gardner."

"That's the plan," Gardner replied.

NFL legend DeMarcus Ware sang the national anthem at the Jets-Browns Hall of Fame Game and it took Aaron Rodgers by surprise, and he was plenty impressed.

Ware said during the game that he sang the anthem to honor Demaryius Thomas, his former teammate in Denver.

The Jets head coach was loving what he saw from the big arms from his now-backup quarterback at the Jets' Hall of Fame Game against Cleveland last week.

Wilson usually wears long sleeves on his arms but didn't in the warm weather game.

"He looks fantastic," Saleh said.

"Let those sleeves down," Aaron Rodgers joked."

Another member of the Jets that Aaron Rodgers has a special relationship with is the team's new offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.

Their bond goes back to the pairs days in Green Bay when Rodgers was the quarterback for the Packers and Hackett was the offensive coordinator there.

"Once I was around him, him and I bonded really quick," Rodgers said.

The signal-caller also recalled Hackett's special name for the Red Zone.

The offensive coordinator renamed it the "Gold Zone" because of his love of the character Goldmember from the third "Austin Powers" movie.

"He has this obsession with Austin Powers and Goldmember, so he would show us clips every single week," Rodgers said. "So we got to know Goldmember more. How he got gold genitalia and then where he likes to party and where he likes to eat.

"And he's a roller skater and he's super flexible and all these different ridiculous things."

The guys at camp poked fun at Aaron Rodgers' ability to throw an impressive no-look pass by mimicking him, but the Jets starter noted one person in particular who stood out that could move the ball well without looking where he was throwing.

That was Zach Wilson, the quarterback Rodgers came in to replace.

That was all well in good, but "Hard Knocks" gave a peek at how the two have also formed a bond on the field and Rodgers' goal to help Wilson grow as a quarterback.

"This year it's been eye-opening to have a new look at things and have some new faces in the building, you know with Aaron," Wilson said.

Method Man got to break it down at practice and huddled with the squad, giving a quote from legendary coach Bill Parcells.

Between Methode Man, Van Exel and Schreiber, there's some star power around this team.

The Jets were honest about their reluctance to do the show, and the actor asked Rodgers straight up why the team didn't want to be featured.

"Just worrying about it being a distraction," Rodgers said. "A lot of misnomers, I love it, it's a great show."

With a helicopter landing at the Jets' facility, Rodgers said to Zach Wilson that he hoped the narrator of the show was coming out of it.

And sure enough, he got his wish.

Schreiber said he wanted to drive but "the producers thought a helicopter would be more dramatic."

Rodgers got to shake the acclaimed actor's hand and chat.

"I've been a fan of yours forever," Rodgers said.

Rodgers prodded his teammates to join in and say hello to Schreiber, who had never been to a "Hard Knocks" practice.

Garrett Wilson has been enjoying every minute of having future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the fold for the Jets.

The star receiver called experience thus far "everything I thought it would be." Wilson recalled that he had been just 10 years old when Rodgers took the field in the NFL.

"I remember him winning a Super Bowl, so for me I'm like how can I learn as much as possible while he is here. I don't know how big this window is and how can I make sure I get the most out of it. ... We have this blessing around in Aaron."

Jets All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner recently got his degree from the University of Cincinnati, and the show goes behind the scenes with him getting ready for the big day with his grandmother Audrey and his mom Alisa.

He got a hand shake from a Jets fan at the graduation as well.

He got to chat at the ceremony with former NBAer Nick Van Exel, who also graduated on the same day. He left Cincinnati in 1993 before graduating.