The New York Jets are banking on the fact that Aaron Rodgers returns for at least one more season. If anything, a bridge year between Rodgers and the next hopeful franchise quarterback.
As it turns out, they’re projected to land a handsome draft haul that could help out with that.
“Becoming A Reality” Jets Expected To Land Insane Draft Haul And Keep Aaron Rodgers (Report)
According to Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus:
WR Garrett Wilson, New York Jets
Where there’s smoke, there’s often fire, and plenty is billowing around Wilson and the Jets entering this offseason. With only one year left on Wilson’s rookie contract and a series of sweeping changes inbound, New York could elect to trade him.
Wilson has proven to be a stud during each of his three years as a pro. Since debuting in 2022, Wilson’s career 85.4 PFF receiving grade ranks 22nd among wide receivers (minimum 100 targets), and he has dropped only 4.4% of his 315 catchable targets.
It would behoove the Jets’ new general manager and head coach to try to keep and extend Wilson, but New York could look to save money and start over at the position. On top of that, rumors have circulated that Wilson and Aaron Rodgers didn’t enjoy a strong rapport in 2024 — although this may have been Rodgers’ final NFL season.
Without much certainty anywhere, Wilson being traded doesn’t feel like a far-reaching idea.
Here is a look at Wilson’s stats this season:
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Lng | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Y/A | Touch | Y/Tch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |
| 2025-01-05 | NYJ | MIA | W 32-20 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 20 | 80.0% | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-29 | NYJ | @ | BUF | L 14-40 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 28 | 87.5% | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.4 | 66 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024-12-22 | NYJ | LAR | L 9-19 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | 19 | 85.7% | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-15 | NYJ | @ | JAX | W 32-25 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 1 | 22 | 50.0% | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.7 | 56 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-08 | NYJ | @ | MIA | L 26-32 (OT) | 10 | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 0 | 42 | 70.0% | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16.3 | 114 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-01 | NYJ | SEA | L 21-26 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 17 | 50.0% | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-11-17 | NYJ | IND | L 27-28 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 50.0% | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-11-10 | NYJ | @ | ARI | L 6-31 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 12 | 83.3% | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-31 | NYJ | HOU | W 21-13 | 10 | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 2 | 26 | 90.0% | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.0 | 90 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-27 | NYJ | @ | NWE | L 22-25 | 8 | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 0 | 35 | 62.5% | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22.6 | 113 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-20 | NYJ | @ | PIT | L 15-37 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 27 | 55.6% | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12.2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-14 | NYJ | BUF | L 20-23 | 10 | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 1 | 24 | 80.0% | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13.4 | 107 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-06 | NYJ | @ | MIN | L 17-23 | 23 | 13 | 101 | 7.8 | 1 | 16 | 56.5% | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.8 | 101 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-29 | NYJ | DEN | L 9-10 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 23 | 62.5% | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.2 | 41 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2024-09-19 | NYJ | NWE | W 24-3 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 9 | 55.6% | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6.6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-15 | NYJ | @ | TEN | W 24-17 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 26 | 66.7% | 9.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 12.4 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-09 | NYJ | @ | SFO | L 19-32 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 | 54.5% | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
