Jets will keep Zach Wilson if they can’t trade him: Woody Johnson
NY Post
ORLANDO, Fla. — Could Zach be back?
Jets owner Woody Johnson said Monday that the team won’t release quarterback Zach Wilson if it can’t find a trade partner for him.
“If we don’t trade him, we’re going to keep him,” Johnson said at the NFL owners meetings.
The Jets have been trying to find someone interested in taking the former No. 2 overall pick off their hands, but nothing has materialized.
Johnson may have just been posturing on Monday to try to avoid destroying any trade value Wilson may have, but it was surprising to hear Johnson say the Jets would consider holding onto Wilson.
Johnson acknowledged that it would be better for Wilson to get a fresh start with another team.
The hypocrisy of ESPN now claiming disgust over Bronny James goes back most glaringly to draft day — I believe it was the second of the new two-day draft, another Adam Silver special — when its coverage tried to establish a hot market for Bronny. The network suggested on several occasions that Bronny might not be available when the Lakers chose. A Lakers reporter pulled a quote from Anthony Davis about how Bronny can “guard multiple positions” and “turn into an elite shotmaker.”