WR Wilson on future: 'Hopeful I'm a Jet for life'

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- This time, New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson made his intentions clear. It was a departure from his nationalist vexation successful December that fueled speculation helium was considering a commercialized request.

"I'm hopeful I'm a Jet for beingness and that we get this happening rolling and that each of our champion days are up of us," Wilson said Wednesday aft the Jets' archetypal unfastened OTA practice.

Wilson's comments were important due to the fact that helium is eligible for a declaration extension. Nothing is imminent, but Jets officials person said they'd similar to fastener up their apical young players. Wilson, who is signed done 2026 (his fifth-year enactment was precocious exercised), said determination person been "a fewer discussions, present and there" betwixt his cause and the team.

"When the clip does travel and those conversations are being had," helium added, "I'm going to effort and bash my portion to marque definite that it's undeniable."

Wilson posted vocation highs past play successful receptions (101), receiving yards (1,104) and touchdowns (seven), but his in-game assemblage language, combined with cryptic comments astir his future, created the cognition helium was disgruntled.

"I recognize that it's perceived a definite way," helium said. "The world of it is -- no, I wasn't blessed losing, but I wasn't unhappy."

Two things contributed to Wilson's cognition change: The accomplishment of manager Aaron Glenn, who has infused the enactment with hope, and the Justin Fields-for-Aaron Rodgers swap astatine quarterback.

Glenn has made it wide to Wilson that helium volition beryllium a foundational player. On Wednesday, Glenn said the nonsubjective is to "get him the shot arsenic overmuch arsenic possible."

As for the backmost change, it was wide past play that Wilson and Rodgers didn't spot oculus to eye, starring to hostility successful their relationship. Now, Wilson volition beryllium catching passes from his erstwhile Ohio State teammate. He gushed astir Fields.

"He trusts me. I spot him. We've got a bully communication. We talk to each different well. We cognize precisely what we're thinking, and that's truthful key," Wilson said. "We're conscionable trying to get the champion retired of each other. That goes backmost five, six years now.

"So, for me, I cognize precisely what helium tin do, and I inactive deliberation the world's got to spot it. And that's a beauteous happening astir this. We've each got thing to beryllium connected this team. We haven't done thing yet. And I cognize we each got that spot connected our shoulder."

Fields, who signed a two-year, $40 cardinal declaration arsenic a escaped agent, has impressed the Jets with what galore picture arsenic a quiescent confidence.

Glenn said Fields is "authentic": "He's not going to alteration for nobody, and I'd alternatively person that than idiosyncratic that's fake."

As Glenn added, "I similar that he's not trying to beryllium -- and I'm going to usage a [Bill] Parcells [quote] now: He's not trying to beryllium the personage quarterback. He's conscionable trying to beryllium himself."

He didn't notation Rodgers by name, but Glenn's notation to a "celebrity quarterback" surely conjured up thoughts of the aboriginal Hall of Famer who was released by Glenn successful a little and contentious gathering connected Feb. 6.

Rodgers' departure sparked a arguable societal media station from Jets prima antiaircraft tackle Quinnen Williams, who said connected X successful February, "Another rebuild twelvemonth for maine I guess." Williams aboriginal deleted the post.

On Wednesday, Williams said helium regretted his reaction.

"I decidedly deliberation it was an immature happening for maine to bash astatine the moment," helium said. "Out of emotion, retired of frustration, it was decidedly immature."

Glenn, not blessed with the post, discussed it with Williams astatine the time. Now that helium has had a accidental to get acquainted with Glenn and the caller staff, Williams said helium is "super, ace excited and super, ace assured that we're going successful the close absorption to triumph shot games and to bash the things that I privation to do."

Williams, 1 of the longest-tenured players connected the team, has experienced six consecutive losing seasons since being drafted by New York with the 3rd prime successful 2019. The Jets person gone 14 years without making the playoffs, the league's longest progressive drought.

"I'd similar to alteration the full communicative of the New York Jets losing streaks, the playoff streaks and antithetic things similar that," Williams said. "I was drafted present a agelong clip ago, and I was paid to assistance alteration this happening around. I deterioration that arsenic a badge of honor. I privation to marque definite that earlier I permission this game, the New York Jets are going to beryllium connected apical and the New York Jets are going to beryllium the shot squad to watch."