{"id":32968,"date":"2024-03-26T01:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/32968\/owner-woody-johnson-vows-jets\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T01:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:23:42","slug":"owner-woody-johnson-vows-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=32968","title":{"rendered":"Owner Woody Johnson vows Jets to keep QB Zach Wilson if no trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owner Woody Johnson vows Jets to keep QB Zach Wilson if no trade\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rich Cimini, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">March 25, 2024, 7:54 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN.  Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast.  He was previously a writer for the New York Daily News and graduated from Syracuse University.  You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 The New York Jets remain motivated to trade former starting quarterback Zach Wilson, team officials said Monday, but the long-awaited deal took an interesting turn when owner Woody Johnson presented another potential outcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we don&#39;t trade him, we&#39;ll keep him,&#8221; Johnson told a small group of reporters at the NFL league meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who last month criticized Wilson&#39;s 2023 performance, walked back those comments, perhaps in a Hail Mary attempt to drum up interest in the former first-round pick.  He called Wilson a \u201cvaluable asset.\u201d  In his next breath, he acknowledged that a trade would be best for Wilson, who struggled after replacing the injured Aaron Rodgers in <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"Week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Week<\/a> 1.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI feel bad for Zach in a way because last year would have been great \u2013 it would have been the first time he could just sit and watch a master at work, and he didn&#39;t never had that,\u201d Johnson said.  .  &#8220;He&#39;s been in the fire since Day 1, and I think that&#39;s what he needs. He needs to be in a place where he can observe for a while. He&#39;s got the skills. He can do it all .There&#39;s a reason we drafted him. No. 2 overall, and I have confidence he&#39;ll get there at some point.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets, looking to upgrade the backup position, signed 34-year-old Tyrod Taylor to a two-year, $12 million deal.  Coach Robert Saleh called Taylor an &#8220;elite presence in the locker room.&#8221;  They will add a third quarterback at some point, perhaps a rookie.  Or maybe Wilson could be that guy, according to Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s possible he could do it here,&#8221; Johnson said, quickly adding: &#8220;From his point of view, it&#39;s probably better if he changes his face and comes to a new place. That way he can erase the &#8220;slate. I think it would probably be better for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, with one year remaining on his rookie contract, is set to earn a guaranteed $5.5 million in salary and bonuses.  Ideally, the Jets would love to trade the contract and remove the $5.5 million from their salary cap, but it&#39;s highly unlikely a team would absorb that much money for a quarterback with a 12-21 record and more interceptions (25) than touchdown passes.  (23).  The Jets will have to eat some of the money to facilitate a trade, league sources said.<\/p>\n<p>If they release him, the Jets still have to pay him the $5.5 million and they get no cap relief.  The charge would remain at $11.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>On February 28, general manager Joe Douglas announced that Wilson had been granted permission to talk to other teams about a possible trade.  By all indications, Wilson \u2013 on the bench for two games last season \u2013 wants to move on.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson could have hurt Wilson&#39;s trade value on Feb. 9 when he told reporters at the NFL Honors in Las Vegas: &#8220;We need a backup quarterback. We didn&#39;t have one last year .&#8221;  On Monday, he backtracked, suggesting it was unfair to single out one player on an offense that had so many problems.<\/p>\n<p>Two members of Wilson&#39;s 2021 draft class were traded this offseason, including Justin Fields and Mac Jones.  But the Jets cannot find a buyer for Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas said Monday that there had been &#8220;some discussions&#8221; with teams, but that &#8220;nothing was close&#8221; to being done.  He declined to speculate on whether he envisions a scenario in which Wilson could remain with the team for the 2024 season. The Jets could play until the draft, hoping to find a trade partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the trick is for it to benefit the team and the player,\u201d Douglas said.  \u201cAnd I think that\u2019s what everyone\u2019s working towards, but at the end of the day we\u2019re going to have to do what\u2019s right for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owner Woody Johnson vows Jets to keep QB Zach Wilson if no trade\u060c Rich Cimini, ESPN editorMarch 25, 2024, 7:54 p.m. Close Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. 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