This NFL offseason was full of information of large receivers throughout the league getting massive paydays.
Justin Jefferson, A.J. Brown, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaylen Waddle and Nico Collins all acquired contracts which can be among the many top-10 richest for large receivers in NFL historical past.
Jets large receiver Garrett Wilson has seen this.
The 2022 first-round decide is eligible for a contract extension after this season.
Has he dreamed about that massive contract when he sees these different offers?
“I see all of it,” Wilson mentioned Tuesday because the Jets reported for coaching camp. “I don’t take a look at it so far as that may be coming for me. I take a look at it as I’ve bought to go make that occur.”
Wilson, who turned 24 Monday, is aware of he has an opportunity to affix that group of prime receivers, particularly with Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback. Wilson caught 95 passes final 12 months regardless of the workforce’s revolving door at quarterback.
“I’ve bought the chance to affix an elite group of fellows,” Wilson mentioned. “That’s who will get that sort of cash is an elite group of fellows, guys which can be a part of groups that win video games due to them and are difference-makers each single time they’re on the sector. I’ve bought to go do it. I’m excited as a result of for those who do what you suppose you are able to do there’s a fantastic dialog occurring for it right now. That’s not how I’m motivated, however I’m not going to take a seat right here and act like I don’t see it.”
Wilson mentioned he feels extra comfy in his second season with Rodgers at quarterback and Nathaniel Hackett as offensive coordinator.
That has allowed him to start out finding out defenses extra.
“There’s all the time a component of understanding, for me a cerebral man that I like to think about myself as on the subject of soccer, there’s movie examine from years previous and all of the seems that Aaron has bought beforehand with completely different coordinators as a result of we’ll most likely see them once more,” Wilson mentioned.
He mentioned all of the reps he had with Rodgers final offseason and once more this 12 months have him enjoying sooner.
“When you perceive, you play at a distinct pace and cease pondering a lot and simply play,” Wilson mentioned.
Wilson has targeted on getting sooner and stronger this offseason.
“Once I first bought right here, I wasn’t sturdy sufficient,” Wilson mentioned. “I might skate on some issues due to what I do supply however that 12 months took a toll on me bodily. I needed to discover a technique to get greater, get stronger. It’s additionally only a psychological toll that it takes on you. … You’ve bought to discover a technique to assault it a way completely different each day and ensure you’re attacking, attacking, attacking as a result of it could actually get repetitive.”