Garrett Wilson might have elaborately trolled Sean Payton with his preseason outfit choices

Sean Payton made somewhat minor news earlier this week when he revealed what he didn’t want to see from his Denver Broncos this preseason.

Among the more notable tidbits was that Payton didn’t want to see anyone wearing “Gilligan” hats and sunglasses. Also, he didn’t want them doing any interviews while a game was actually taking place.

As a feud between Payton and the New York Jets continues to boil, New York receiver Garrett Wilson appeared to listen to Payton’s pleas. As in, he heard what Payton said and seemed to deliberately do what the Denver coach didn’t want to see during the Jets’ preseason game.

Twitter user Raj (@RajPC1)  pointed out the seemingly way-too-convenient coincidence:

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— Raj (@RajPC1) August 12, 2023

There’s no real way to confirm this was Wilson’s intent — he’s not a Broncos player, and there’s no guarantee Payton would even be paying attention to Jets preseason action. But, for what it’s worth, Wilson did “like” references to the apparent troll job on his Twitter profile. That doesn’t mean it’s what he planned. Wilson could’ve simply enjoyed that people made the connection.

If this was what Wilson indeed intended, what brilliant subtlety.

This was how Twitter reacted

I see you G5 @GarrettWilson_V 😂😂😂 https://t.co/PfKyyzrRbK

— Anand Nanduri (@NanduriNFL) August 13, 2023

This Jets Broncos feud is amazing. https://t.co/mooWYiUFXD

— TJS (@tommy_schultz) August 13, 2023

Jets and Broncos really got beef lmaooo https://t.co/ICvYbdY1LD

— d. (@_312DARIUS) August 12, 2023

Nah this is first level pettiness, Garrett stock is thru the roof right now man 😂✈️✈️✈️ https://t.co/2Ib5HCRDDE

— NewJetsSidy✈️ (@JetsSidy) August 12, 2023

I love a good troll 😂😂 https://t.co/prIYalDXGz

— SB 🏈✨🦋 (@BigBro_21) August 12, 2023

#Jets WR Garrett Wilson with possibly the greatest troll we have ever seen.

Doing everything #Broncos HC Sean Payton said he doesn’t want his players to do 😂

(Via @RajPC1) pic.twitter.com/SmsfTR8LUs

— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) August 13, 2023

I'm not sure if Garrett Wilson did this intentionally, but if he did, it's some ELITE trolling.

(h/t @RajPC1) pic.twitter.com/DcBvQRgSMz

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) August 13, 2023

No chance that wasn’t on purpose. Well done. https://t.co/vFo61ClrSX

— Trevor McCue (@trevormccue) August 13, 2023

I really hope it was intentional because I’ve been missing this brand of petty https://t.co/41kGoaMDqb

— Kayla Richelmi (@KaylaRichelmi) August 13, 2023