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Oct 12

The Jets have slowly but surely lost most of their wide receivers due to injury, but this week, they got one back.

New York started the year with a clear top six wide receivers on the depth chart, but then Patrick started the year on injured reserve. Since then, Omar Cooper Jr. and Arian Smith have also landed on injured reserve, while Adonai Mitchell has missed three straight games due to a finger injury. Over the last two weeks, Garrett Wilson has been one starter, while Isaiah Williams became an every-situation wide receiver. Sterling Shepard was added to the practice squad mid-season and had been the third receiver. Patrick returned to practice from injured reserve on Wednesday and was activated off injured reserve on Saturday. The Jets then waived wide receiver Jamaal Pritchett. Shepard was not called up from the practice squad this week. New York had a simple wide receiver rotation, with Patrick playing in 11 and 12 personnel, while Williams returned to the slot role in 11 personnel only. The only time Patrick or Wilson were off the field was in 13 personnel. Wilson led the Jets in receiving with seven receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown, while Patrick was second with two receptions for 26 yards. Patrick will likely lose his job once Mitchell is healthy, but he will be the top backup on the outside. Cooper is also eligible to return from injured reserve, and he may take the slot role back from Williams.

Oct 8

Against the Bears, however, Wilson was targeted just four times, recording three catches for 27 yards. His lack of targets was awfully surprising, considering the Jets were without four of their six best pass catchers, including running back Breece Hall....If you remove Week 3, Wilson averaged only six targets in his other appearances, which is a major drop from his career average of just over nine....“We want to get Garrett a lot of targets,” Reich said (h/t Jets). “I promise you, the number one guy in the progression is gonna be him on more plays than anybody else.”