These days, it’s very hard to deny the New York Jets are a glorified circus act masquerading as a professional football team.
After promises of being this moribund franchise’s savior, Aaron Rodgers is a washed-up pseudo-intellectual with zero self-awareness. Meanwhile, owner Woody Johnson is passing up on trades because his sons don’t like some players’ Madden ratings. Seriously.
New York’s mess is, quite frankly, beyond parody.
This should make it no shock to learn that one of the Jets’ actually promising young players — third-year receiver Garrett Wilson — wants to leave this doomed enterprise.
According to ESPN’s Rich Cimini during the latest episode of the network’s Flight Deck podcast, people in Wilson’s circle believe the playmaker will ask to be traded during the 2025 offseason. While that is not specifically Wilson saying this, if people close to him are already reading the tea leaves about his future, it’s not a stretch to assume that Wilson does want the chance to flourish elsewhere:
According to @RichCimini people in Garrett Wilson’s camp expect him to requests a trade this off season pic.twitter.com/GnKgb2KI5Z
— TakeflightJets (@TakeflightJets0) December 18, 2024
In a broken Jets offensive situation, Wilson is on pace to start his NFL career with three consecutive seasons of at least 83 receptions and 1,000 receiving yards. Just imagine what the electric receiver could do in a functional offense with a gifted quarterback who isn’t past their best days. He seems to understand what he could bring to a better team and organization and knows that the Jets are likely going nowhere moving forward.
And if Wilson wants a seamless path out of New York, he can rest easy knowing that his Madden rating isn’t high enough. At the moment, it’s just 86 overall, which is 22nd among all receivers. Ugh, that’s so mid. If you ask the Johnson scions, you simply have to trade away a player like that!
They’re not worth the trouble!
