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There’s a strong connection between Jensen and Wentz.

“I train with him in the off-season a bit, I keep in touch with him,” the 25-year-old Jensen said. “He’s a brother I had in my college life. We spent so much time together. We were in the film room together, the weight room, on the field.

“He walked right in on campus, he was raw, but you knew right away he was going to be very good. He’s a very smart kid. He gets football. He can take what he learns in the film room and show you that in the next practice on the field. You could see he was going to be a special player.”

Jensen is confident the kid will rise to the challenge of the NFL and the pressures that go with that.

“It’s not going to affect him,” Jensen said. “This kid is very mentally strong. He’s got a great foundation. His character and who he is will stay the same. He doesn’t waver in anything. He’s going to be successful. Whoever gets him will get a great kid and a great football player.”

For a guy who has been ‘The Man,’ who has been the gunslinger that has won championships, Jensen is staying patient and soaking up information while sitting well down the quarterback pecking order.

“You’re always trying to make strides to be better and move up on the depth chart,” he said. “Sometimes you have to accept your role, whatever it is — if you’re the starter or if you’re not the starter — to do it to the best of your ability. If everybody does that, with their own role, we can be very good.

“I was in a spot last year where I could take it all in — the subtle rule changes, the gameplans, how defences work up here. My mindset is to get better every single day and let the chips fall where they may. My job is to give this team the best me possible. When my opportunity comes, I’ll be ready. I’m ready when they are.”