Frank Reich understands Garrett Wilson’s frustration.
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Reich → understand → frustration
He also embraces it.
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He → embrace → it
And the New York Jets offensive coordinator wants to do something about it.
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coordinator → want → it
He’s trying, he insists.
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he → try → ?
As Wilson waits patiently, doing his best to hold his tongue.
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Wilson → wait → tongue
“Garrett is the ultimate team player and the ultimate pro, and I’ve seen that from Day 1,” Reich said Thursday.
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Reich → see → Day
“In his moments of frustration, I’m not down on the sideline, so I don’t see all of them.”
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I → ’m → them
Then Reich, who calls the offense from upstairs in the coaches’ booth during games, broke into a smile.
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who → call → smile
“But I hear about them,” he said.
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he → hear → them
“I understand. ...
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I → understand → ?
He’s a fiery competitor and he knows he’s a playmaker.
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he → ’ → ?
And we do, too.”
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we → do → ?
Reich said Wilson has been “great to work with” and is one of the tone-setters of the offense.
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Wilson → say → offense
“As coaches, we’ll tell you, we love that feistiness, we’re not afraid of that,” Reich said.
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Reich → tell → that
“Now, is there a line that you shouldn’t cross?
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you → cross → that
But Garrett’s a pro, he knows that.
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he → ’ → that
I think he handles it perfectly.
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he → think → it
So, I don’t mind it when guys make a little bit of noise.
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guys → mind → noise
I like when they make noise, you know what I mean?
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I → like → what
“Because you believe in your team, you believe that everybody’s a team-first guy and Garrett’s at the front of the line as far as being team first.
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Garrett → believe → line
So, you can be team first and know that you’re a dog and that you better get the ball.
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you → know → ball
Wilson’s statistics tell a skewed story: Heading into Sunday’s game against Miami, his 35 receptions are the most in the AFC and rank ninth in the NFL.
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receptions → tell → NFL
His 48 targets are second in the AFC and tied for 15th in the league.
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targets → tie → league
It’s not so much about how many times Geno Smith is throwing Wilson the ball.
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Smith → ’ → ball
It’s when, and how the Jets are going about it.
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Jets → ’ → it
In their 26-19 loss at New England last Sunday, Wilson had just two targets through three quarters.
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Wilson → have → quarters
He saw four more in the fourth quarter when New York was desperately trying to get back into it, and he finished with four catches for 27 yards.
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he → see → yards
“AG is always in my ear if Garrett hasn’t gotten the ball for a little bit,” Reich said of coach Aaron Glenn.
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Reich → get → Glenn
“He’s like, ‘Hey, don’t forget, boom, get our playmakers the ball,’ that kind of thing, which is good.
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which → ’ → thing
We’re trying to get it to him as early and as often as we can.”
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we → try → him
Reich, a former NFL quarterback and longtime offensive coordinator, knows it’s sometimes easier said than done.
“He’s an unbelievable player, so we need to get him the ball,” he said of Wilson.
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he → know → Wilson
“I think we’re doing that at some level.
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we → think → level
Can we do it more?
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we → do → it
Sure, I want to get it to him.”
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I → want → him
Reich added that it has created opportunities for others at times, such as rookie Omar Cooper Jr. having six catches for 103 yards and a touchdown last week.
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Jr. → add → yards
But Wilson, who’s in his fifth NFL season, is already one of the most productive wide receivers in franchise history.
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who → ’ → history
And the Jets’ offense is not quite humming along, ranking 27th with 18.7 points per game and 23rd with 196.2 yards passing per game.
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offense → hum → game
Wilson has been careful to not come off as selfish by publicly questioning the game plans or play-calling.
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Wilson → come → plans
He has made it clear, though, he believes he can make a difference whenever he has the ball in his hands.
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he → make → hands
Wilson also thinks it should happen more and earlier in games.
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it → think → games
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