The competitive fires never go out for Garrett Wilson. Almost a month ago, the third-year wideout lamented not doing enough in the Jets’ game at Miami.
“I just keep trying to play my part,” Wilson said after the game. “I have to play better. I have to win when they’re expecting me to win. I have to win that much quicker. I’ve got to hold myself to the highest standard like I do because at the end of the day, I’ve got to help us find a way to win games and I haven’t. We’re 3-10, it’s simple.”
Wilson said this after he caught 7 passes for 114 yards and was one of the main reasons the Jets even got to overtime before losing to the Dolphins, 32-26.
G & Co. will try to do it again against the ‘Fins in Sunday’s season finale, and for Wilson it will be the end of one of the best seasons of pass-catching in franchise history. How so? Let us count the ways:
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With 3 catches at MetLife Stadium, Wilson will have 100 for the season, joining Brandon Marshall (109 catches 1,502 yards, 14 TDs in 2015) as the only receivers to post 100-catch seasons in franchise history. And with a monster 13-catch year-ender, he would surpass Marshall’s team record for catches in a season.
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Last week at Buffalo, Wilson got the 13 yards he needed to reach 1,000 for the season, plus a little more. He is the second Jet to register 1,000 receiving yards in any three consecutive seasons as a Jet and the first to do it in 56 seasons, or since George Sauer executed that rarity from 1966-68. Wilson simultaneously became the only receiver to record 1,000 receiving yards in his first three seasons as a Jet.
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Wilson and Davante Adams are each both averaging 6.1 catches/game. If they can stay at 6.0 or above through Miami, they’d be two of only four Jets to clear 6.0 catches/game in a season in franchise history. Marshall (6.8 in ’15) and Al Toon (6.2 in ’88) are the only other two.
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