Jets fans should be irate after this bizarre Garrett Wilson take

Every party, even the rare one with the New York Jets as hosts, needs someone to come in and ruin things.

The Jets, as you likely know by now, simply aren’t allowed to have nice things.

Look no further than CBS Sports’ Garrett Podell, who suggested that Pro Bowl receiver Garrett Wilson could be the next big-name NFL player to request a trade.

Within the last 18 months, we saw Brandon Aiyuk, Myles Garrett, and Dexter Lawrence all publicly demand to be traded.

Garrett and Lawrence were both dealt this offseason, as was Eagles receiver A.J. Brown; although Brown never publicly asked to be traded, various reports allege that he did so privately.

As for Wilson, Podell predicted that Wilson would ask for a trade if the Jets do not draft a “top QB” next spring.

“It’s bleak in New York, especially after the Jets made first-year head coach Aaron Glenn fire his offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and many other assistants after a 3-14 campaign in his first season in charge in 2025,” Podell wrote.

Jets fans should be extremely unhappy with CBS Sports’ Garrett Wilson take

Picking on the Jets is nothing new, and even I’m prone to making an occasional jab or insult directed at New York’s third-most successful football team.

But the idea that Wilson would request a trade because it’s “bleak” is absurd.

Outside of 2023, the optimism around Jets fans hasn’t been this genuinely positive since possibly the Rex Ryan era?

The Breece Hall and Joe Tippmann extensions, coupled with the massive draft haul, have a long-tortured fanbase believing that better times are ahead.

No, the Jets still don’t have a franchise quarterback, and the consensus is that Geno Smith isn’t the long-term answer.

But things could be so much worse, and Jets fans know that for a fact.

Need we go back to the Adam Gase days, where the best way to watch a Jets game was by watching “RedZone” or foregoing a football Sunday entirely? 

Last year’s Jets were dreadful, with even the individual highlights being few and far between.

But if Wilson hasn’t requested a trade to this point, why would he wait another year? Why not just do it now, when he’s already signed a long-term deal?

Wilson could have easily told the Jets to trade him after they dealt Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner. No one would have blamed Wilson, either.

Yet, Wilson will be on the field when the Jets begin training camp next month, and there is no reason to believe a trade request is forthcoming. 

Maybe Wilson will reach the point of no return, as Myles Garrett eventually did in Cleveland. That’d pave the way for both a trade and an increase in Jets-related complaints among WFAN callers.

For now, though, let’s not kill the good vibes. 

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