The day after Jets receiver Garrett Wilson had a sideline blowup caught by CBS cameras, Jets coach Aaron Glenn said it was not a big deal.
CBS caught Wilson yelling on the sideline near the team’s bench in Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins. The CBS commentators originally thought he was shouting in the direction of quarterback Geno Smith, who was seated on the bench, but a closer look shows he was yelling at passing game coordinator Seth Ryan.
“I think sometimes that’s overblown as far as what people think is happening,” Glenn said. “Sometimes those conversations can be totally something else. I know for a fact that Geno, Garrett, it was more or less, ‘Let’s get going. Let’s get the offense going,’ more than guys bickering at each other. I think sometimes that gets overblown. I know what type of player Garrett is, and I know what type of player Geno is. I know where their heart’s at, too. I know for a fact that was more or less let’s get the offense going and try to score points.”
Wilson’s frustration was understandable in the 28-25 loss to Miami. Wilson was targeted just three times and had two catches (one other catch was negated by penalty). It has become a recent theme with Wilson going long stretches without being targeted. He only had two targets in the first three quarters against the Patriots last week.
Glenn reiterated they want to get Wilson the ball.
“Garrett is our top priority to make sure we get the ball,” Glenn said. “But make no mistake about it, I think offensively we did some good things as far as when they were doubling Garrett, who was open? And I think that’s the essence of what you have to do is make sure that when you have an opportunity to throw to an open receiver, you take that opportunity instead of forcing the ball. But as much as possible, and I think you guys know this, we’re trying to get the ball to Garrett as much as we can.”
CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was a surprise inactive on Sunday. Glenn would not reveal why on Monday.
“Yeah, I’m going to keep that in-house between me and Jarvis and we’ll go from there,” Glenn said.
Was it a disciplinary matter?
“I just answered that,” Glenn said. “We’re going to keep that in-house.”
Glenn did not provide an update on NT T’Vondre Sweat, who left the game in the second quarter with a knee injury.
