New York Jets second-year wide receiver Elijah Moore responded to a tweet about his lack of targets in Week 6 against the Green Bay Packers.
New York football is officially back and thriving. Not only are the Buffalo Bills thriving, but also the Giants and Jets. Speaking of the Jets, they traveled to Green Bay to take on Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, and they walked out with a 27-10 win (and a Cheesehead for cornerback Sauce Gardner).
The passing offense took a bit of a back seat due to the success of the running game (179 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries). But, as ESPN’s Rich Cimini pointed out, second-year wide receiver Elijah Moore did not receive a single target from quarterback Zach Wilson in the game.
Moore responded to the tweet, saying that “if I say what I really wanna say…I’ll be the selfish guy,” but brings up that he is “grateful” that the team is winning. Moore does say, however, “just know that I don’t understand either” regarding his lack of targets.
If I say what I really wanna say…I’ll be the selfish guy…we winning. Grateful! Huge blessing! All I ever wanted. Butter sweet for me em but I’ll be solid. So I’ll just stay quiet. Just know I don’t understand either. https://t.co/mROuef1ejd
— Elijah Moore (@e_moore03) October 17, 2022
I support allll my teammates 💯percent too. Dey know it what it is! I’m behind em like no other. Everyone rocking out neeeeds to keeep rocking out dats part of why we winning! Don’t get it confused either.
— Elijah Moore (@e_moore03) October 17, 2022
Elijah Moore responds to tweet about lack of targets in Week 6
Moore’s targets have dropped as the season moved along. He had nine targets back in Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals. But in Weeks 4 and 5 against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins, he got four targets in each game.
On the season, Moore caught 16-of-29 targets for 203 yards.
As for the Week 6 game, rookie Garrett Wilson led the team with five targets, catching one for eight yards. Receiver Corey Davis received four targets from Wilson, where he caught two for 52 yards.
The Jets scored both of their offensive touchdowns in the running game. Receiver Braxton Berrios ran for a 20 yard score in the third quarter to give New York a 10-3 lead. Then in the fourth quarter, rookie Breece Hall ran for a 34-yard touchdown to give the Jets a 24-10 lead to start the fourth quarter.
New York’s other touchdown came on a blocked punt returned for a touchdown by Will Parks.
The Jets will look to improve their record to 5-2 next week, when they take on a Denver Broncos team that has struggled on the offensive side.
