Jets WR Garrett Wilson and QB Aaron Rodgers are trying to take their chemistry, which was on full display in training camp, to the regular season.
The pair hasn't had a problem connecting through three games -- Wilson leads the team with 150 receiving yards and leads Jets wideouts with 15 receptions (RB Breece Hall is top with 16) -- but there's still meat on the bone.
Entering Week 4, Wilson believes he's in synch with his quarterback.
"I feel like we have to do it on Sunday now," he said. "That's when it matters. If you were to ask me before the game last week, I would have thought we were on the same page, so we have to it on Sunday's now."
Wilson, selected No. 10 overall in 2022 out of Ohio State, became the first, first-round wide receiver to catch a touchdown from Rodgers in his future Hall-of-Fame, 20-year career with a 2-yard score against the Patriots in Week 3.
"It's just process, you got to try and put [Wilson] in situations where he can be the number one in the progression, which he is a lot, and then mix up the looks," Rodgers said of getting the ball to his No. 1 target. "We got to do a lot of things to give him a chance to get moving and we'd like to get the ball to him early, but it's just a process. He's got to be patient, we've got to be patient, we can't force it."
After lining up against some of the NFL's best cornerbacks for the first three weeks of the season, Wilson will likely see a lot of All-Pro CB Patrick Surtain II on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
"I love it," Wilson said of matching up against the opponent's top corner. "As I said last week, as long as we don't crown him before the game and we still take some chances at him, I love it.
"He's a good player. He's got great feet. A technician. You could tell he grew up with a pops that was getting him on early. He's one of the best in the league for a reason."
Mike Williams' Role Expected to Grow
Dynamic WR Mike Williams is ramping up after HC Robert Saleh said the team would be cautious with his workload as he works his way back from an ACL injury.
Williams played just 9 snaps in the season opener and increased to 30-plus in each of the last two games and has totaled 4 receptions for 53 yards (13.3 average), showcasing his patented jump-ball skills.
"I don't want to say there is any sort of pitch count on him anymore," Saleh said. "But with the way we are in a flow with our personnel groupings and getting guys in and out of the huddle, he will continue to get a bigger and bigger role."
Williams, prior to New York, played seven seasons with the Chargers, the AFC West rival of the Jets' opponent this weekend, the Denver Broncos. In 11 career games against Denver (8 starts), he registered 40 receptions for 616 yards and 3 touchdowns.
"I was in their division for a long time and they're pretty good," Williams said. "They're top three in defense right now and that's because they do what they're good at. We have to go out there and control what we can control, winning our 1-on-1's and blocking in the run game. They're mixing it up back there [in the secondary], making you think it's man-to-man, but then they drop into a zone, so we just need to be locked in on that."
Injury Update
Jets captain C.J. Mosley (toe) may miss a second straight game.
"We should know by the end of [Friday] whether or not he's even going to push to see if we can get a workout on Sunday," HC Robert Saleh said. "Like the injury report says, he's doubtful, but he's trying to get that thing ready to roll."
If Mosley does not play, Jamien Sherwood will again start at the mike position. Sherwood, a converted safety, had 5 tackles in Week 3 in his first start of the season after co-leading the team with 9 tackles in Week 2 at Tennessee, after coming on for the injured Mosley.
"I think that that's a trend across the league that you're seeing," DC Jeff Ulbrich said of Sherwood's transition. "A lot of the great linebackers right now were converted DB's in some capacity. Fred Warner was that, Foye [Oluokun] I had in Atlanta was that, Deion Jones was that. There's all these guys that have had tremendous success making that transition because of their familiarity with space."
