ESPN’s Bill Barnwell ranked every NFL team’s running back, wide receiver, and tight end groups. Unsurprisingly the Jets ended up [near the bottom of the list](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45679684/ranking-nfl-teams-wr-te-rb-groups-2025-season-best-players-playmakers-offense), finishing 27th.
> Garrett Wilson continues to plug on. Justin Fields will become the ninth NFL quarterback to throw passes in Wilson’s direction, and without Davante Adams in the mix, the Jets’ passing attack will go as far as Wilson can take it. He has officially inherited the role played by a college predecessor in Terry McLaurin, who managed to top 1,000 yards virtually every season no matter who or what the Commanders mustered up at quarterback. McLaurin finally has his quarterback in Jayden Daniels; let’s hope Wilson either has his or finds it soon, because he would be a superstar with better quarterback play.
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> The Jets’ other potential star playmaker from the 2022 draft isn’t heading in the right direction. Breece Hall was able to stay healthy for most of 2024, but he topped 100 rushing yards just once and had more fumbles (six) than rushing touchdowns (five). In a contract year, he will have to fend off Braelon Allen, whose larger frame (6-foot-1, 235 pounds) could be valuable for a team that should build through the run with Fields under center. Hall doesn’t have to be ruthlessly efficient, but with Fields drawing more attention by changing the numbers on the ground, I want to see more of the explosiveness and big-play ability he showed at his best.
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> Nothing about the rest of the receiving corps suggests the Jets should expect to fling the ball around with success. Allen Lazard got off to a hot start last season, but after a midseason injury and the arrival of Adams, he was essentially being paid to run wind sprints down the stretch. (He also took a pay cut in April.) Malachi Corley, taken with the first pick of the third round a year ago, had 16 receiving yards. The offseason additions included veteran wideout Josh Reynolds, who was cut in midseason by the Broncos, and second-round tight end Mason Taylor, who plays a position where it’s often difficult to make an impact as a rookie, Brock Bowers aside.
It’s frankly tough to take issue with a low ranking for the Jets. Garrett Wilson is an excellent wide receiver and a legitimate go to guy. Breece Hall is a homerun threat and is a good receiving weapon out of the backfield.
The best you can say about this group otherwise is there are a few players who could potentially be good like Mason Taylor, Braelon Allen, and Isaiah Davis. You can’t really count any of them as sure things, though.
At the end of the day, the current projected number two receiver is Josh Reynolds, a player who had 13 catches and was waived in season a year ago.
If you want a silver lining, the Jets actually rated second highest in the AFC East. New York may not have many great weapons, but the same is true of the competition. New England ranked 30th, and Buffalo came in just behind the Jets at 28th.