Jets' Garrett Wilson makes a jaw-dropping, 1-handed TD catch vs. Texans

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New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) catches a pass for a touchdown as Houston Texans cornerback Kamari Lassiter (4) defends during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. ā€“ Garrett Wilson saw the ball floating his way, so he did everything he could to catch it.

He jumped, legs out and arms outstretched in the end zone. And with a dazzling, one-handed grab, the star wide receiver gave the New York Jets the lead and left everyone watching ā€” in the stadium and at home on TV ā€” absolutely stunned.

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ā€œOh, my goodness,ā€ interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said.

Wilson's acrobatic 26-yard touchdown catch helped the Jets to a 21-13 victory over the Houston Texans on Thursday night. And it'll surely end up on highlight reels for years to come.

ā€œI was like, ā€˜Thatā€™s a good one there. Thatā€™s a good one and itā€™s got to count,ā€™ā€ Wilson said. "I remember saying to all of them, ā€˜Yā€™all are gassing me up too early. Itā€™s got to count, yā€™all. Letā€™s chill!ā€™

"Once it counted, I was like, ā€˜Yeah, all right. Now yā€™all can tell me whatever.ā€™ā€

With the Jets facing third-and-19 from the Texans 26, Aaron Rodgers tossed the ball up toward Wilson in the end zone. And the Jets star receiver did the rest.

Looking like the Michael Jordan ā€œJumpmanā€ logo, Wilson snared the pass in the air with both legs spread out and was able to land inside the end zone.

ā€œI told him he might get kicked from Adidas after that one,ā€ said a laughing Davante Adams, who is sponsored by Nike. ā€œThat one looked like heā€™s headed over to Jumpman with me. So, weā€™re going to see. Iā€™m going to talk to some people about that one. Iā€™m not going to say theyā€™re going to replace the logo ā€” Mike might not like me saying that ā€“ but that was a hard catch.ā€

Wilsonā€™s catch was immediately reminiscent of the Giantsā€™ Odell Beckham Jr.ā€™s one-handed grab against Dallas in 2014.

ā€œMan, Odellā€™s, it was different and he got two feet down and the ball was going to land out of bounds,ā€ said Wilson, who added he was watching that game live when Beckham made the catch. ā€œAnd it was Odell, man. Odell against the Cowboys. That was the one.

ā€œFor it to even come up in that convo, Iā€™m blessed. Iā€™m honored. But Odell, yeah, thatā€™s that boy.ā€

The play was initially called an incomplete pass, but Ulbrich challenged.

ā€œI mean, I was talking to the ref when they were reviewing it,ā€ Ulbrich said. ā€œI was like, ā€˜Just for the sake of posterity, you have to say thatā€™s in just so it goes down in history.ā€™ā€

A video replay review confirmed that Wilsonā€™s shin was down in the end zone and a touchdown was called to give the Jets a 14-10 lead with 12:54 left in the fourth quarter.

ā€œI felt like I put it in a pretty decent spot, but yeah, I didnā€™t do a whole lot when it comes down to it,ā€ Rodgers said. ā€œI just kind of lobbed one up there and he made an unbelievable catch. When I saw the replay, it looked like he had his knee in and I thought, shoot, letā€™s throw the challenge and Brick was already in front of me throwing it.ā€

It was the second of two one-handed touchdown grabs Wilson made against the Texans. The first was a less spectacular, but still impressive, 21-yard TD in the third quarter.

ā€œThatā€™s G, man,ā€ Adams said. "Iā€™ve seen, even in walkthroughs, weā€™re throwing the ball back and somebody catches the ball and they run into the end zone. So we start playing catch as weā€™re going back and heā€™ll do stuff like that, so itā€™s not too surprising.

ā€œBut being able to do that in front of 80,000 and maybe millions or hundreds of thousands watching at home, thatā€™s special.ā€

Wilson was told Beckhamā€™s catch came in what ended up a loss for the Giants ā€” so Wilsonā€™s might have been better.

ā€œYou know what? All right,ā€ Wilson said with a laugh. ā€œFair enough.ā€

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