Cameras caught New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson appearing to yell in quarterback Geno Smith’s direction from the bench during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 28-25 home loss to the previously winless Miami Dolphins.

Wilson finished with two catches for 26 yards on three targets and had not been targeted at all in the first half as New York fell behind 21-7 and was booed off the field at the break. Former NFL professionals Jarvis Landry and Leonard Fournette addressed the situation on Monday, warning that things could get worse with losses.

Jarvis Landry Says Jets Must Find a Way to Get Garrett Wilson the Ball

The clip was shared on Sunday afternoon by Underdog, with Wilson appearing to direct his frustration at Smith on the bench. ESPN later reported the outburst was actually aimed at passing-game coordinator Seth Ryan, who was seated beside Smith at the time.

Even in the Jets’ previous week’s loss to New England, Wilson drew just two targets through three quarters. On Sunday against Miami, he was not targeted once in the entire first half before getting his first catch on the opening drive of the third quarter, with the Jets already down two scores and their home crowd already frustrated.

During a segment on the “4th and South” podcast, former NFL running back Leonard Fournette offered a blunt assessment of Wilson’s situation in New York, suggesting the wide receiver should consider leaving the team.

“Garrett Wilson needs to get out of New York City. ASAP. You know it’s bad when QB1 and WR1 are going at it,” Fournette said.

Fournette then turned to co-host former NFL wide receiver Jarvis Landry, a five-time Pro Bowler, asking him to explain what the apparent confrontation suggested about the Jets’ locker room dynamics.

Landry described the incident as a sign of mounting frustration and questioned whether the Jets’ coaching staff was doing enough to involve Wilson in the offense.

“That’s ultimate frustration. At that point, you gotta either try to find a way, as an offensive coordinator, as a head coach. We’ve seen Aaron Glenn think that he’d get the ball in the second half and then not get the ball in the second half. So we’ve seen a coach who, in some ways, has shown that he’s not really paying attention to certain things,” Landry said.

Landry stressed that Wilson’s importance to the team makes his lack of involvement particularly concerning: “But this is one of those things you gotta be paying attention to if you’re a New York Jet. Because Garrett Wilson is a player that is not expendable. I’d take Garrett Wilson over Geno Smith on my team any day. And I know how important a quarterback is, but I feel like for Garrett Wilson as a receiver, I think my man went through the first half without a target. And that’s just something that you don’t do.”

He added that getting the ball to a team’s best player cannot fall solely on the offensive coordinator. If the play-calling fails to create opportunities, Landry believes the quarterback must take the initiative to involve the receiver.

“When you’re the best player on the team, you have to find a way. If it’s not the offensive coordinator finding a way, it has to be the quarterback deliberately finding a way to get your guy a touch. And this is something we’ve consistently seen. I don’t blame Garrett Wilson for being frustrated. I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner, to be honest. And these outbursts will only get bigger, especially with losses,” he said.

Garrett Wilson spoke postgame and pushed back on the idea that he and Smith were directing frustration at each other.

“I don’t even think I was talking to Geno. I think we were both heated, but not at each other at all. We were just disappointed with how we were playing up to that point and wanted to be a little more aggressive. That’s what that was,” Wilson said.

Head coach Aaron Glenn was asked about the fans’ reaction after the Jets were booed at the end of the game and later addressed Wilson’s lack of targets, placing the responsibility on the coaching staff to get him more involved.

“A player of his magnitude, we have to do everything we can to try to get him the ball,” Glenn said, acknowledging it was part of the game plan.

According to PFN’s WR Impact Metric, Wilson ranks 15th among wide receivers through seven games of the 2026 season with a grade of 81.0. He has hauled in 37 receptions for 444 yards and three touchdowns on 52 targets so far.

The Jets host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, November 1 at MetLife Stadium.