‘They Don’t Look Like Fish Out of Water’ 

In his Jets career, Coles played in 105 games, caught 459 passes for 5,941 (12.9 yards a catch), and 49 TDs. He also ran 22 times for 185 yards. In his rookie season, he also saw time on special teams, making 5 solo tackles, proving himself eager to help his team any way he could.

Coles was still wet behind the ears on Oct. 23, 2000, when the Jets pulled off “The Monday Night Miracle” against Miami, scoring 30 fourth-quarter points to send the game to overtime before winning, 40-37.

“I was young, and on the sideline, I kept saying to the guys that ‘we can win this, we can win this,’ ” Coles said. “I didn’t know any better. I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to come back and win a football game. A lot of people left, a lot turned off their TVs. I remember going to my breakfast place the next morning to get the guys their bagels and the guy in front of me had the paper and said ‘I can’t believe it.’ I told him, ‘yeah we came back and won.’ “

He said that he sees a lot of that youthful belief in the Jets’ “young veterans” and current crop of impressive draft picks — from Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner (“he’s got the Sauce,” Coles said) to RB Breece Hall. Specifically, he said he was impressed on his visit to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center with what he’s seen from second-year WR Elijah Moore and rookie Garrett Wilson.

“They don’t look like fish out of water,” he said. “They know what’s going on. So, to me they’ve already taken the giant steps to be players, and be great players. These guys have nothing but greatness ahead of them.”

Coles was drafted in the same year as Pennington and he said that as the newbies on the Green & White, the young QB and the young WR were able to form a relationship based on trust, and mentioned an example of that relationship when speaking about the development of Zach Wilson, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury.

“I would say the trust factor is the most important thing and getting the little things right,” Coles said. “I worked…