Jets WR Garrett Wilson reveals biggest challenge while playing with Aaron Rodgers - "Still working on it"
Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson has opened up about playing with a star quarterback like Aaron Rodgers. In the process, he has also revealed why some of the offensive players might be having some problems being on the same page, with passes going astray or balls being dropped a common theme for New York this season.
The wide receiver revealed that he is still working on understanding the quarterback's pre-snap instructions where he changes a play based on the defensive look. That alters what they agreed in the huddle and Garrett Wilson finds that it is sometimes extremely complicated to follow. Appearing on Bleacher Report, he said,
"Honestly, the pre-snap stuff. The pre-snap stuff is the main thing, bro. I’m still working on this. I still miss plays in the game where we try to take advantage of a look and, to be honest, it’s a lot, it’s really a lot."
Garrett Wilson revealed that there are multiple signals. Particularly confusing might be when Aaron Rodgers says something but does not really mean it. He continued,
"You always got to have your eye on the quarterback... You’ve got the cans but not really a can, him giving you a signal, and there’s a hundred of them, bro, fifty or sixty of them. You kind of think more, and it might slow you down a little bit sometimes."
The wide receiver revealed that he has been guilty of false starts and other things given how complicated it is to remember all the stuff. However, he is hopeful that it will pay off in the long run, noting,
"I caught myself false starting and stuff. There’s been some things that I had to work through and I’m still working on just to make sure that I'm on my stuff, on my details because the reality of it is once I get it it's only going to pay off."
Garrett Wilson not the first WR to struggle with Aaron Rodgers' signals
Garrett Wilson is not the first wide receiver struggling with the variety of calls that Aaron Rodgers uses at the line. When he was playing in his last season with the Packers, many former players who shared time on the field with the quarterback revealed they had the same problem. At that time, Jordan Love had concurred, saying,
“That’s definitely something WRs don’t look forward to, is the signal meeting, because we have so many.”
That problem looks like it has carried over from Green Bay to New York.