The Jets fired offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur. It will be interesting to see who fills that role, because it’s a team with some up-and-coming pieces – especially the two rookies they drafted this year.

Had Breece Hall not torn his ACL, he likely would have been the Rookie of the Year, with the Jets probably in the playoffs. He looks like a top-5 running back.

And Garrett Wilson looks like he might be the best of the rookie receivers. There are a bunch of good ones, but Wilson seems like he’s got a good chance to develop into one of the top dozen receivers in the league.

Wilson caught 8 passes for 102 yards and 2 TDs at Cleveland, and he had another 2-TD game later in the year, against Chicago. He caught 6 passes for 115 yards in one of the New England games, and he caught 8 passes for 162 yards at Minnesota. All while working with suspect quarterbacking.

Wilson got particularly busy later in the year. He saw 14 targets in the game at Minnesota, and he saw 17 targets in the year-end game at Miami. In the last 20 years, there have been only 18 games where a rookie receiver has seen at least 15 targets in a game, and Wilson has two of them.

The Jets have a bunch of other capable receivers – Elijah Moore, Corey Davis and even Braxton Berrios – but Wilson seems to be a cut above those guys. Whoever becomes the offensive coordinator of this team, I expect they’ll be putting the ball in the hands of Hall and Wilson frequently.

ROOKIE RECEIVERS WITH 15 TARGETS (since 2002)
YearPlayerOppResultTgtRecYdsTD
2014Odell Beckham Jr., NYGPhi.L 26-3421121851
2009Brandon Gibson, St.L.Ari.L 13-21175610
2022Garrett Wilson, NYJat Mia.L 6-11179890
2008Eddie Royal, Den.at S.D.L 21-521711760
2011Julio Jones, Atl.at Sea.W 30-2817111270
2009Julian Edelman, N.E.at NYJL 9-16168980
2004Roy Williams, Det.Phi.L 13-301691352
2020Brandon Aiyuk, S.F.Was.L 15-2316101190
2010Mike Williams, T.B.Atl.L 24-28156681
2007Calvin Johnson, Det.G.B.L 26-37157831
2010Julian Edelman, N.E.at Hou.L 27-3415101030
2018Keke Coutee, Hou.at Ind.W 37-3415111090
2020Jerry Jeudy, Den.at LACL 16-19156610
2022Garrett Wilson, NYJat Min.L 22-271581620
2019Darius Slayton, NYGat NYJL 27-3415101212
2002Deion Branch, N.E.at S.D.L 14-2115131280
2014Odell Beckham Jr., NYGat Ten.W 36-715111301
2014Odell Beckham Jr., NYGWas.W 24-1315121433

Statistics compiled using search tools at Pro-Football-Reference.com

—Ian Allan