Getty New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson making a play during an NFL game.
The New York Jets lost an absolute heartbreaker to the Buffalo Bills in Week 14.
After the game head coach Robert Saleh sent a strong message to Buffalo, “we’re going to see these guys again.”
A reporter then followed up by asking what makes you say that? Saleh responded, “I just think we are.”
#Jets HC Robert Saleh ‘I think I speak for everyone in that we missed an opp (paused for several seconds) we’re going to see these guys again’ 👀 + @Connor_J_Hughes said what makes you say that? ‘I just think we are’ 😳: 🎥 @nyjets #TakeFlight #Bills #BillsMafia
The Jets are only scheduled to play the Bills twice each season due to their AFC East ties. However, the coach was saying without saying that he is predicting a third matchup against Buffalo in the postseason.
Garrett Wilson Is Thrown off by Jets Prediction
Saleh speaks with the media before any of his players and once that press conference is over, the locker room is open.
The local media told rookie wide receiver, Garrett Wilson, what Saleh had just told them and it seemed to confuse the youngster:
“I mean, I don’t know s***. If Saleh said we’ll see them again, we’ll see them again. I don’t know how the scheduling stuff works, for real, I thought this was the last time that we played them.”
Several media members told Wilson that Saleh meant the playoffs.
“What are they the No. 2 seed and we the No. 7 seed? Word? I hope we get to see them again. Uhm [trying to figure out how the playoff seeding works], so we’d yeah I don’t know.”
A few more media members told him that Saleh meant he was confident in the Jets’ ability to make the playoffs.
“Oh word me too! Oh yeah for sure me too.”
#Jets WR Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) was confused by Robert Saleh’s comments that they’ll see #Bills again, ‘idk how scheduling stuff works I thought this was last time we play them’ 🤣 + when told that means a future playoff matchup, ‘I hope we see them again’: 🎥 @nyjets
Since Wilson had this back-and-forth with the media shortly after the Bills game, a few things have changed in the playoff picture. Buffalo is the No. 1 seed and the Jets currently find themselves on the outside looking in.
The #Chargers have now leapfrogged the #Jets in the AFC playoff picture.
Gang Green is now the No. 8 seed, if the #Patriots beat the #Cardinals on #MNF they will fall all the way to the No. 9 seed.
A tough weekend for #TakeFlight.
However, the point of Saleh’s statement wasn’t about how things look right now. He was simply stating that he expects the Jets to make the playoffs and on that path, he predicts that they will eventually run back into Buffalo.
Garrett Wilson Makes History in Jets Loss to Bills
Wilson finished the day with six receptions for 78 receiving yards. Near the end of the contest, the former Ohio State product made history.
Wilson now has more receiving yards than any other Jets rookie in franchise history. On Sunday, December 11 he surpassed former first-rounder Keyshawn Johnson who had held the record for over 26 years.
He now has 63 catches for 868 yards and four touchdowns.
#Jets WR Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) now has the most receiving yards by a rookie receiver in franchise history. Special. 📸 @NFLonCBS #TakeFlight
Now the next record that is in the youngster’s sights is the 1,000-yard receiving drought.
The Jets haven’t had someone accomplish that feat since 2015 when a pair of players did it in Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker.
To get to that mark, Wilson would have to average a mere 33 receiving yards per game over the final four contests.
It has been an unbelievable transformation for the former first-rounder. He has clearly become a focal point of the offense and every time he touches the ball there is a sense that Wilson is capable of taking it to the house.