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Wilson has been busy transforming his body -- by diet and in the weight room -- showing he wants to improve after an underwhelming rookie year.

He also reveals how his friendship with Bill Parcells, whom he considered a mentor, was ruined when Parcells, in a 2008 letter to the NFL office, accused Westhoff of violating league rules. Westhoff has nice things to say about each of his former bosses, although he manages to unleash a few haymakers at former coaches Herm Edwards and Eric Mangini. He saves his harshest words for former GM Terry Bradway, who "was not my favorite. He was the Jets' special teams coach from 2001 to 2012, an X's-and-O's whiz who never shied away from speaking his mind. His chapters on his time with the Jets, which included six playoff seasons and some embarrassing lows, is particularly intriguing. 4. Pricey D: If the defense stinks again this year it won't be because the front office refused to invest money on that side of the ball. He was arrested last August on charges that included unlawful carrying of a weapon, resulting in a one-game suspension. On the field, you might say he's wired a bit differently than most. On pass attempts between 1 to 10 yards, he completed a league-low 62% -- 10% below the NFL average, per ESPN Stats & Information research. If he can get to average, which computes to about two more completions per game, the offense will be in a better place. He tried to gain weight in the past, getting as high as 218, but didn't feel comfortable from an athletic standpoint. Maybe he went down to Miami and the [players who train there] got him right. Listed at 6-foot-2, 214 pounds, Wilson never will be confused with Josh Allen (6-foot-5) or Justin Herbert (6-foot-6), which is why his goal was to add weight -- shock absorber for the weekly pounding.