{"id":209086,"date":"2025-01-08T13:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=209086"},"modified":"2025-01-08T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:57:26","slug":"garrett-wilson-trade-panthers-bryce-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/08\/garrett-wilson-trade-panthers-bryce-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstar Trade Candidate Hints At Preferred Team With Suggestive Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson is the subject of trade rumors, and a recent tweet by the wide receiver suggests he wants to play with the Carolina Panthers. A first-round pick in the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">NFL Draft<\/a>, Wilson immediately set the world on fire, winning Rookie of the Year honors while recording 83 receptions for 1,103 yards and four touchdowns. He proved he wasn&#8217;t a one-year fluke by recording 1,000-yard seasons in the next two campaigns, but he could be looking for a new home.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson and current quarterback Aaron Rodgers did not see eye to eye, and reports indicate the wide receiver <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nflnetwork\/status\/1873403446990164011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1873403446990164011%7Ctwgr%5E1e159153c086436620ca706cddb2b34076107b46%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flastwordonsports.com%2Fnfl%2F2024%2F12%2F30%2Faaron-rodgers-jets-return-garrett-wilson-trade%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">will request a trade<\/a> if Rodgers returns. Even if the four-time NFL MVP departs, Wilson could still look for a change of scenery. In a recent Twitter post, Wilson went out of his way to complement <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/21\/dave-canales-bold-statement-on-bryce-young-future-starting\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young<\/a>, saying that &#8220;he is&#8221; better than people think. While Carolina could be a destination, don&#8217;t be surprised if he lands with a team like the New Orleans Saints or Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He is<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettWilson_V\/status\/1876660178512404704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Garrett Wilson Hints At Preferred Trade Destination With Latest Tweet<\/h2>\n<p>As the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, Bryce Young entered the NFL with visions of superstardom. After a disappointing rookie season highlighted by poor coaching and even worse weapons, Carolina hired Dave Canales, invested in the offensive line, and added several key weapons to try and salvage Young&#8217;s career. While he struggled early in the season, Young returned following an Andy Dalton car crash and played like a legitimate franchise quarterback down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if Young can maintain his high level of play, but Wilson believes in the Alabama product&#8217;s potential. Carolina added some promising playmakers in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/01\/16\/2024-nfl-draft-profile-xavier-legette\/\" target=\"_self\">first-round pick Xavier Legette<\/a> and undrafted free agent Jalen Coker, but that shouldn&#8217;t stop the team from pursuing a Garrett Wilson trade. Wilson is one of the game&#8217;s premier young talents, and Legette and Coker have yet to prove they can play at that level. Arming an improved Young with a legitimate WR1 and two reliable complementary weapons could give the Panthers an above-average passing attack for the first time since the Cam Newton Era.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Destinations<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, the Carolina Panthers won&#8217;t be the only team interested in a Garrett Wilson trade. The New Orleans Saints are in a precarious position, as the team is in <a  href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">salary cap hell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/07\/derek-carr-pay-cut\/\" target=\"_self\">quarterback Derek Carr<\/a> said he won&#8217;t accept a pay cut. General Manager Mickey Loomis refuses to rebuild, so this team must find a way to add game-changing players without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to do that is through a trade, as Wilson is still on his rookie contract and is relatively cheap. Seeing as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/28\/chris-olave-trade-concussion-practice\/\" target=\"_self\">Chris Olave probably wants a trade<\/a> of his own, the two teams could swap their 2022 first-round picks, although New Orleans will probably need to add a mid-round pick to sweeten the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Las Vegas Raiders are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Aidan O&#8217;Connell is not the long-term answer under center, but they don&#8217;t have the draft capital to land a prospect like <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/14\/cam-ward-2025-nfl-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_self\">Miami&#8217;s Cam Ward<\/a> or Colorado&#8217;s Shedeur Sanders. With no path to a superior young quarterback, Vegas must make life as easy as possible for O&#8217;Connell or veteran Gardner Minshew. Jakobi Meyers is an above-average starter, but adding Wilson will give the team a legitimate WR1 for the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Corey Perrine &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson is on the trade block and may have a preferred destination in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":207042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,30,17,28],"tags":[8994,7399,7330,7661,7659],"class_list":["post-209086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jets","category-panthers","category-raiders","category-saints","tag-garrett-wilson","tag-las-vegas-raiders-news","tag-new-york-jets-news","tag-panthers-featured","tag-saints-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209101,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209086\/revisions\/209101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}