Jets offense trying to move past massive what-ifs as they finally get true opportunity to shine
It’s hard not to ruminate over what could have been. Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall, two of the faces of the Jets franchise, have hardly spent any time on the field together this season.Wilson is expected to be cleared from the concussion protocol, coach Aaron Glenn said Friday, and be available for Sunday’s game against the Bills at MetLife Stadium.
Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.He is listed as questionable but was a full participant in Friday’s practice.
It would be the first time the Jets have both Wilson and Hall since their Week 3 loss to the Lions on Sept.27. Another Jets season has spiraled away from them in between. “Yeah, it’s a lot of what-ifs that we talk about,” Hall told The Post after practice Friday.
“But at the end of the day, you gotta snap back to reality and live in the present.The present is we gotta find a way to win.” The Jets’ talented group of playmakers in Wilson, Hall, Omar Cooper Jr., Adonai Mitchell, Kenyon Sadiq and Mason Taylor — with a competent quarterback in Geno Smith and strong offensive line to utilize them — was a big reason there was genuine optimism before the year.
The group had the potential to create a dynamic offense after years of ineptitude.On paper, plenty of teams would sign up for that kind of offensive firepower. But that group was quickly disrupted and hasn’t had a chance to show its full strength.
Sunday could be the first time since the season opener that the full complement of offensive weapons is available.And really, since the first drive of the opener, as Cooper suffered from a sprained ankle on the seventh offensive play of the season. Cooper missed Weeks 2-5 with the injury.
Mitchell missed Weeks 3-6 with a finger injury.Hall was out for Weeks 4-8 with a quad injury.
And once Hall returned last week in the loss to the Chiefs, Wilson was out with the concussion he sustained the week pr...