For star Jets rookie Garrett Wilson, the sting of ending his first NFL season on a six-game losing streak hasn’t even begun to wear off.
After trying to will his team to a season-ending victory and a chance to play spoiler against the division rival Dolphins, Wilson’s mindset changed to making sure how he felt leaving Miami never happens again.
“I never felt like this,” Wilson told reporters on Monday. “After the game, I was like, ‘Damn, we really just lost six straight?’ when I really sit down and think about it and reflect, it’s tough.
“You take the week and feel like you’re better than the team, and when you go out there and don’t prove it, what does it matter at all? It doesn’t.”
Wilson is likely going to take home an Offensive Rookie of the Year award, but that currently takes a back seat to what was a collapse by the Jets, who saw their once promising playoff hopes vanish over the final six weeks of the season. Now, for Wilson, the work begins to make sure he never has to feel the way he was feeling on Monday morning, ever again.
“It’s time to go out there and be about results next year, and put the work in the offseason,” Wilson said. “Enough talking about it, just go out there and win the games.
“That can't happen again in my career. It can't ever happen again.”
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