Garrett Wilson referred to as the 2023 season “the worst year” of his life.
Though he has not commented on how he would sum up the present season, Wilson has clearly been dissatisfied with the Jets’ efficiency this yr.
Gang Inexperienced sits at 4-10 and has already been eradicated from playoff rivalry with three video games remaining. Due to that, rumors about Wilson’s future with the workforce have swirled.
On Thursday, Wilson was requested if he want to stay with the Jets long-term and the 2022 first-round choose was noncommittal.
“I don’t know, man,” Wilson mentioned. “I just do whatever and go about my day however and be wherever my feet are at. If they do, that would be a blessing and awesome.
“I love the Jets. At the end of the day, they were the ones who believed in me. But yeah, I can’t be worried about all of that. Just finish these three games the right way, but I don’t know. I can’t be looking at all of that right now.”
Wilson by no means immediately answered the query, additional fueling hypothesis that he may depart the group when his contract expires. He will likely be eligible for a contract extension after the season. The Jets may additionally choose up his fifth-year choice, which is projected to be round $16.6 million, in response to Over the Cap.
Wilson’s outburst throughout Sunday’s recreation towards the Jaguars actually didn’t assist quiet the rumors about his future. Caught by FOX cameras, Wilson was upset and expressed his frustrations to Jets receivers coach Shawn Jefferson after a drive stalled within the pink zone throughout the third quarter.
Down by six factors on the time, the Jets determined to run the ball as a substitute of throwing it his approach. The drive ended after Aaron Rodgers was sacked on third down, and the Jets settled for a 43-yard area objective by Anders Carlson. In the end, the Jets received the sport 32-25, ending their four-game shedding streak, however Wilson completed with simply three receptions for 56 yards and a landing.
In 14 video games, Wilson has caught 84 receptions for 933 yards and 6 touchdowns.
“The cameras always seem to catch me when I’m doing something like that,” Wilson mentioned. “It is, honestly, not that serious. It’s just we’re trying to find what we can do to win the game.
“It might look a certain way, but there’s nothing to really bounce back from. I’m all good. I just may speak on my feelings a little differently than most. That’s all that that’s all that was, you know.”
Since becoming a member of the Jets, Wilson has all the time been an emotional participant who isn’t shy about letting coaches, gamers, and typically reporters, know the way he’s feeling.
“He’s an elite competitor, and we have wanted to score touchdowns in the red zone and finish drives, and he saw that he had a one-on-one opportunity, that’s it,” Jets passing recreation coordinator and offensive play-caller Todd Downing mentioned about Wilson.
“I know it got blown up as a little bit more than that, it truly isn’t. Garrett just wants the ball any time he’s got an opportunity to help score points and it was quickly over and moved on from and he made plays down the stretch, so guys like that that are such high-level competitors, you’d be concerned if they didn’t want the ball.”
Wilson isn’t used to shedding on any degree. He received a state championship in highschool at Lake Travis Excessive College in Austin, Texas. At Ohio State, Wilson misplaced simply 4 video games throughout his three seasons in Columbus and performed within the School Soccer Playoff twice.
With the regime change, the Jets may additionally have a brand new quarterback subsequent yr. Wilson declined to debate whether or not the brand new teaching employees and normal supervisor will have an effect on his want to stick with the Jets long-term.
“At the end of the day, it makes us who we are,” Wilson mentioned about his persona. “I feel like if I didn’t have that, the way about me, I wouldn’t be here right now, and I wouldn’t be in this position, and people wouldn’t care what I say if I wasn’t how I was.
“It comes from the right spot. It might look a certain way on TV, but I don’t think anyone on the sideline is going to be like, ‘we are going to play bad now.’ It’s all good, they know how I am.”
