Garrett Wilson: Glenn calls him Jets' top target priority
THE FACT. Jets coach Aaron Glenn said Monday that Garrett Wilson's animated sideline exchange during Sunday's 28-25 loss to Miami was overblown, and that Wilson is the team's top priority to get the ball every week, per Pro Football Talk. Wilson caught two of three targets for 26 yards against the Dolphins, and CBS Sports reported quarterback Geno Smith saying the Jets can do a better job finding him touches. New York is 2-5.
THE VERDICT. Three targets is a usage problem, not a talent problem, and a head coach saying publicly that his receiver is the priority is the signal you want before a correction. Redraft: keep starting him. The last three weeks have been unplayable, but nobody is replacing that target ceiling off your bench. Dynasty: this is the buy-low window, because the losing record and the sideline noise have scared a frustrated manager. DFS: fade one more week until the volume actually shows up in a box score.
The redraft and dynasty calls I'm with you on. The DFS fade is where I'd go the other way. Waiting for the volume to show up in a box score means paying up for it the week after, and his two double-digit target games this season turned into 26.7 and 23.4 PPR. That ceiling never gets cheaper. Geno is sitting at 7.8 yards per attempt with an 81.6 percent adjusted completion rate, career-best stuff, and the head coach just said publicly they have to get Wilson the ball. Three targets at near-zero ownership is leverage. I'm playing him.