The Aaron Rodgers-Garrett Wilson duo has been quiet to this point this season.
In three video games, Wilson has 15 receptions on 26 targets for 150 yards and one landing after two seasons of 1,000-plus yards with out Rodgers.
He leads the staff in yards and receptions, however the chemistry between the 2 has not but shined.
“Yeah, I really feel prefer it,” Wilson mentioned on Friday of whether or not he and Rodgers have grow to be extra in sync this week main as much as Sunday’s sport towards the Broncos at MetLife Stadium. “So, we received to do it on Sunday now. That’s when it issues. In the event you requested me earlier than the sport final week, I’d have thought we had been on the identical web page. So, we received to do it on Sunday. That’s when it issues.”
A part of Wilson’s lower than glowing begin has been on account of going through a number of the league’s high corners in latest weeks — L’Jarius Sneed of the Titans and the Patriots’ Christian Gonzalez, together with Denver’s Patrick Surtain on Sunday.
Wilson has been usually double teamed towards the highest cornerback together with a security.
“Yeah, you recognize at any time when they provide that look, you recognize, it may be irritating,” Wilson mentioned. “However I received to belief that we all know how you can reply on the opposite facet and that’s what we’ve been discovering. Yeah, it’s undoubtedly irritating. I satisfaction myself on making performs and stuff like that, doing what I do. But when they need to give me that look, we received to deal with it one of the best ways we will deal with it. Meaning the opposite facet of the sector is decrease in numbers and we received to benefit from that.”
Wilson’s presence on the sector has opened up alternatives within the run sport for Breece Corridor and rookie Braelon Allen, in addition to new seems for Allen Lazard, Mike Williams and Tyler Conklin.
Lazard, who has 148 yards and three touchdowns, has seemed utterly remade because the No. 2 wideout choice as weeks go on.
Conklin and Williams every added 93 and 34 yards towards the Patriots, and Corridor and Allen have made for a flexible speeding duo.
Wilson mentioned he nonetheless “loves” the competitors and is aware of the Jets plan to focus on him when he’s given a one-on-one alternative.
“It’s simply course of, you bought to attempt to put him in conditions the place he might be the primary within the development, which he’s so much, after which combine up the seems, so we received to, you recognize, do numerous issues to offer him an opportunity to get shifting and, we’d prefer to get the ball to him early, however it’s only a course of,” Rodgers mentioned of Wilson on Wednesday. “He’s received to be affected person, we’ve received to be affected person, we will’t drive it.”
C.J. Mosely didn’t observe on Friday and stays uncertain for Sunday’s sport towards the Broncos.
