Comments from Garrett Wilson about the Jets’ offense are raising eyebrows

Comments from Garrett Wilson about the Jets’ offense are raising eyebrows

Jets receiver Garrett Wilson had a few things to say about the team’s offense on Tuesday. Then he had something to say about what he had said.

The first quote from a response to a question from Bart Scott on 98.7 ESPN New York was posted by Rich Cimini of ESPN.com.

To be honest, I don’t think we do a lot of different things” Wilson said of the team’s offense. “When I watch football on Sundays and I see a lot of teams mixing it up and stuff like that. I don’t feel like we do that. I think we know our identity. It’s just a matter of going and executing it or finding out if it’s going to work. I don’t think we try many different things.

“I know personally that my route tree was not the same as it was the last two years in terms of the things I rode. It’s just a matter of figuring out if it’s the right identity and if it’s going to win games.”

Wilson responded to Cimini’s post about Wilson’s “interesting comments” by saying, “I just didn’t do it[t] ‘Comment’ this, It was my answer to this long-standing question.”

Wilson added the clip. The question was a bit long and complicated. The context was whether the Jets are trying to find an offensive identity by doing different things. That’s the question Wilson answered.

Still, he said what he said. And one might wonder if Wilson is a little frustrated with the offense given the fact that he has 20 catches for 191 yards and a touchdown in four games.

He is clearly the strongest and most capable weapon in the passing game. But Allen Lazard, who was ultimately a healthy backup without Rodgers last year, has drawn plenty of attention through four games. Even if Wilson is the far better option.

During week 1 ManningCastProfessor of Football Bill Belichick’s high-level analysis of the New York offense consisted of saying more than once: Just throw it to Garrett Wilson.

Wilson knows it. We all know it. And if the Jets were 3-1 or 4-0, that wouldn’t be a problem. But they’re 2-2 and showing the signs of a team that’s up and down all year, winning and losing and losing and winning, ultimately playing the “win the last two and get some help” game to get one to secure a place in the wildcard round.

Of course that can change. If Rodgers plays as consistently as he did against the Patriots in Week 3, the Jets will be fine. If he plays as consistently as he did against the Broncos on Sunday, they’re not going to do well.

If he does some of both, they might be OK. And they might not be well.

Next, we’ll see how Rodgers fares in the face of the Vikings’ aggressive and unpredictable blitz packages in a standalone game on Sunday morning in London. Either they fly home at 3-2 after beating one of the last two undefeated teams and feeling pretty good, or they’re 2-3 and still looking for answers as they prepare to visit the Bills on Monday night prepare. followed by a Sunday evening trip to Pittsburgh.