The rise of the dangerous Garrett Wilson-Davante Adams tandem began with one dinner

There’s no changing the fact the Jets are 3-6 and their season could be one more loss from being over.Davante Adams and Garrett Wilson, though, gave the team something to be optimistic about last week when the duo combined for nearly 200 receiving yards — as well as three touchdowns — from Aaron Rodgers in a win over Houston.They’ve become progressively more dangerous in each of the three games they’ve played together since Adams’ arrival from Las Vegas in a trade, but their relationship began, Adams said, at a dinner they had together in New York prior to last season.At the time, the two receivers shared a hope of playing together at some point down the road.Wilson peppered Adams about being his favorite player, as well as playing with Rodgers, Adams’ longtime quarterback in Green Bay.That talk came to fruition when the Raiders acquiesced to Adams’ request to be moved last month, only for the Jets to lose a lopsided game to the Steelers in Adams’ debut, then drop a game to the lowly Patriots in their second game together.Adams said Thursday what the offense did in the second half in their win over the Texans is what should be expected the rest of the way.“One hundred percent,’’ Adams said.

“I knew the whole time it wasn’t necessarily gonna happen in the Pittsburgh game.I just got here coming off [a hamstring] injury and there are a lot of different pieces.

We’ve got to figure one another out.An offense full of playmakers doesn’t always work.”And when it does, Adams said, “It takes time.

People are impatient and want to see it.Hopefully now, I know I feel a lot more comfortable.”Wilson — coming off his first multi-TD game of the season, which featured his sensational, one-handed touchdown that brought comparisons to Odell Beckham Jr.’s grab again — said the advantages to playing with another star receiver are obvious.“If you’re a good receiver, you pride yourself on not being guarded one-on-one,’’ Wilson said o...

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