Jets have Garrett Wilson edict to carry out against Dolphins or risk season spiraling

Just give Garrett the damn ball. That has been the theme around the Jets this week as they prepare to face a winless Dolphins team at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. Star receiver Garrett Wilson was visibly frustrated last week in New England when he received just two targets in the first three quarters and six overall.The Jets coaches this week acknowledged they have to find a way to get him involved in the offense early and often.  Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.

“Garrett is the ultimate team player and the ultimate pro,” offensive coordinator Frank Reich said.“I’ve seen that from Day 1, and in his moments of frustration, and I’m not down on the sidelines so I don’t see all of them, but I hear about them, I hear about them.

I understand that’s just, he’s a fiery competitor and he knows he’s a playmaker, and we do too.And Garrett’s been great to work with.” It is not like Wilson has been invisible in the offense this year.

He leads the AFC with 35 receptions, and his 48 targets are second in the AFC and 15th in the NFL.It is more how those targets are distributed.

There are long periods in games when Wilson seems to be forgotten. Reich said this week that head coach Aaron Glenn will remind him to get the ball to Wilson during games. “A.G.is always in my ear if Garrett hasn’t gotten the ball for a little bit,” Reich said.

“He’s, ‘Hey, don’t forget.Boom, get our playmakers the ball,’ that kind of thing, which is good.

We’re trying to get to him as early and as often as we can.Now, in years of experience, I know it doesn’t always go that way, and some of that I’m comfortable with, some of it I’m not.

But for the most part, Garrett, every week I feel like this guy is unbelievable.He’s an unbelievable player, so we need to get him the ball.” The offense has more issues than just a lack of targets for Wilson.

It has struggle...