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During the off-season, Jets coach Aaron Glenn said about receiver Garrett Wilson that he wants to “get him the ball as much as possible” during the 2025 season.
But you need to be really careful with this approach on offense, because with that mindset, it could lead to forced passes to the star receiver something we have seen a lot of him Jets camp so far.
One example was a pass during Tuesday’s practice, a deep out, that was thrown into double coverage to Wilson with cornerback Sauce Gardner and safety Tony Adams.
There had to have been a better option.
The Jets should avoid trying to force passes to Wilson, and instead if he’s doubled, throw to another receiver, tight end or running back.
No receiver in football faces more double teams than Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson, and if you watched the Vikings last year, this led to a lot of great opportunities for other receivers, tight end, and running backs with brilliant play-caller Kevin O’Connell taking advantage of favorable matchups.
This is what the Jets need to do.
And aside from leading to a lot of incompletions, another reason they should stop forcing the ball to Wilson is the injury-risk. There have been too many plays in camp where the ball for forced to Wilson in heavy-traffic, and if while players in camp trying to avoid big hits on teammates with strict practice rules on hitting, opponents won’t be so kind.
Wilson is not a big guy. It just seems like too often early in camp he has been put in harms way with throws into heavy traffic, and if this were real games, who knows what would have happened to the slender receiver if an opponent lit him up.
So it doesn’t matter how much how good Wilson is, or how much money makes, forcing him with the ball isn’t a good idea.
If he’s being doubled, take advantage of that, and throw to a guy facing light coverage . . .
We have not seen a lot of read option plays around here as much as with other teams, especially with Aaron Rodgers at QB, but we are seeing it a lot this summer, and we saw one on Tuesday, which was illustrative of how effective it can be when executed effectively.
Adrian Martinez’s fake handoff to Kene Nwangu was so well done that the defensive end on that side, Tyler Baron, went straight for the running back, and the QB took the edge on that side for a nice gain.
I have to be honest, the fake was so good, I went to Nwangu with my binoculars following the play.
When it comes to the read-option, this was textbook.
Martinez is a gifted runner with 4.5 speed . . .
Jets left tackle Olu Fashanu looks like he is going to be a good one.
Over the first couple of weeks of camp, there are rarely any issues on his side.
He has a chance to be one of hte best left tackles in the league.
When you have a lot of natural ability, and you are a tireless worker, the results are usually good, and that is what we are seeing with this player . . .
QB Brady Cook had a couple of nice connections with wide receiver Jamaal Pritchett on Tuesday.
Unless he has a bad preseason, it would be shocking if Pritchett isn’t with the Jets, either on the roster or practice squad. He has made a lot of plays over the first two weeks of camp. He is electifying in the open field . . .
Late in the Jets’ Tuesday practice, cornerback Bump Cooper had a defensed pass on the goalline. He has flashed a little since his arrival.
The Jets claimed the Oregon State product off waivers from Miami in late July.
Do you think the Dolphins, who are devastated at corner, would like a mulligan on cutting this guy?
August 7, 2025
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