The 31-yard catch was only the beginning of what turned out to be the Cardinals' biggest talking points from Sunday. In the moment, Wilson came down with the ball and, clock running under 30 seconds, he spun the ball in celebration.
Quickly realizing his mistake, Wilson ran to grab the ball and hand to the official. It didn't cost the Cardinals in the end, because as the ball was placed ready for play the offense wasn't yet lined up. Wilson admitted his error regardless.
"I made a big play and I hate to say, but truthfully I had a mental lapse," he said. "The optics of it, it looks undisciplined and it's bad. That's not indictive of who I am as a player and how we coach things. We talk about our standard operating procedures in the two-minute from OTAs and we talk about it every week. JG talks about it, catch an explosive and we don't have a timeout, run the ball back to the official. It's just a bad moment for me.
"I don't think it affected anything but it looks undisciplined. It looks sloppy."
The play garnered attention to what happened next anyway – Brissett eschewed spiking the ball to stop the clock and instead took a quick shot to Wilson in the end zone. It wasn't close, and so little time was left a field goal was the only option. The ball was set in play at 17 seconds, Brissett took the snap at 10, and there were six seconds left when the throw was incomplete.
Gannon said the Cardinals "tried to hit them by surprise" when they didn't spike the ball. Gannon acknowledged he would've liked to see the offensive urgency upped when it came to snapping the ball – he said the snap should come as soon as the official is backing away from setting the ball down – but catching the Jaguars out of sorts after the deep pass had been the idea.
As for the final play of overtime, Wilson and tight end Trey McBride were bracketed and Xavier Weaver was single-covered. Had Brissett put less air under his pass, Gannon said, not allowing the recovery by the second Jaguars defender, it would've made a difference. But, Gannon emphasized, he still liked both the play call and the decision given the circumstances.
Wilson would've liked another opportunity. But he's gotten more than he's dreamed of late, crediting "this whole organism" of the coaching, Brissett, offensive line and other teammates for helping it happen.
"Everyone is like 'I'm not surprised' at all with the production with the way I've performed the last two years," Wilson said. "That's been the theme.
"It's definitely a gratifying feeling. One thing I am big on, moreso than production, is earning the respect of people in the building."
INJURY UPDATE
Gannon said he had no new information on defensive lineman Walter Nolen III (knee) or guard Will Hernandez (hip) and noted that other players will be monitored during the week for their availability next weekend. That includes Harrison.
Gannon was also asked about a plan for quarterback Kyler Murray to return once he spends his final game on IR this week before being eligible to return.
"I talk to K1 every day," Gannon said. "He's working hard to get healthy. He's in every meeting, he's engaged. He's rehabbing a boatload of time in there. But I know he wants to play."