Garrett Wilson sums up NY Jets' misery with brutally honest (but hilarious) comment

Garrett Wilson is feeling what every Jets fan has felt for years: confusion, frustration, and disbelief. How can a team so seemingly "prepared" to compete unravel so spectacularly on game day? That is the paradox that is the 2024 New York Jets.

This is a team that was supposed to be contending for a Super Bowl this year. It's a team that was seemingly destined to break a 13-year playoff drought. It's a team that, even in a supposed worst-case scenario, was at least going to be a competitive football team.

But there's always a rockier bottom when it comes to the Jets. No matter how many times their players and coaches preach preparedness and effort, the result remains the same. The Jets get embarrassed.

Wilson attempted to explain this phenomenon when speaking to reporters after the game, and in doing so he unintentionally provided one of the funniest quotes from a Jets player this season. You can't say the guy isn't honest.

"I always feel like we go out there, the vibe feels right, we're ready to play. Then we get our ass kicked."

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Garrett Wilson can't fathom how the NY Jets are this bad

If NFL games were won in the team's practice facilities, the Jets would be undefeated. Week after week, Jets coaches and players emphasize stellar practices and apparent progress, only for those efforts to crumble under the weight of game-day failures.

It's become a running gag at this point. The Jets are simultaneously the undefeated offseason champions and the reigning kings of practice, but when it's time to perform under the bright lights of game day, they fall apart in spectacular fashion.

Sunday's 40-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills was just the latest in a long line of humiliating rituals in what has been a disastrous season for Wilson and the Jets. If not for a pair of garbage-time Tyrod Taylor touchdowns, one of which was thrown to Wilson, the Jets would have suffered a 40-0 shutout loss to their AFC East rivals.

Wilson has grown increasingly frustrated with the Jets this season due in large part to the team's seemingly endless cycle of misery. He's fed up with the losses and is reportedly contemplating a trade request in the offseason.

Wilson and the Jets have reached a boiling point, and his postgame comment on Sunday — while objectively hilarious — is indicative of his frustrations. He doesn't have an answer for his team's struggles, and neither do the Jets.

As the Jets' season nears its painful end, Garrett Wilson’s frustration is becoming hard to ignore. He’s a star trapped on a sinking ship, and with just one game left, the clock is ticking for both him and the franchise. His future in New York hangs in the balance as the Jets limp toward the finish line next Sunday.

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