Well, the Garrett Wilson-to-49ers hope that a (very) few of you have can come to an end.
Adam Schefter reported Saturday that a well-placed source said there’s “no way” the Jets trade Garrett Wilson:
Maybe it’s surprising to some that Wilson won’t be moved. It’s not surprising that any chance the 49ers had for him is gone—I doubt they’d even do a trade for a wide receiver, but there’s a lot out there to suggest otherwise. The 49ers have a banged-up wide receiver room. Deebo Samuel and Mike Evans missed last week’s game against the Atlanta Falcons, and De’Zhaun Stribling has been on injured reserve since Week 1. The thing is, Samuel and Evans should be back after the bye (hopefully), and Stribling is back in December.
So Wilson, if he was actually acquired, would come to San Francisco with no knowledge of the offense and have to produce. Something Brandin Cooks had to do weeks earlier.
So the 49ers give up draft picks for a player whose cap number will climb past $35 million in 2028. Many of us hope DeForest Buckner finishes his career in San Francisco; that’s no way to do it with those salary cap hits. And let’s not forget players like Dominick Puni are eligible for an extension in 2027—we know how guards get poached from the 49ers, and Wilson coming to the 49ers would make the odds of that happening again more likely.
From a financial and personnel perspective, it just doesn’t make sense to make a trade for Wilson. Yes, I say this crossing my fingers that the substation has moved on to other positions to injure. However, even if the 49ers manage to get a deal done, he’s still unfamiliar with the offense and has no time to build chemistry with Brock Purdy. Maybe he does it in a day? Maybe he takes until February? I don’t know.
We don’t know who this source is: someone inside the Jets organization? Someone around the league? An agent? So we don’t know where the “no way” comes from. Whether the Jets have too high an asking price, are too dysfunctional to get it done in time, or no team wants to trade for that contract. Without context, we can only take this at face value, and “no way” [means “no way”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILpjFqlOak)
Now there is good in this for the 49ers. This also means some NFL squad in contention for an opening at productive wide receiver can’t get Wilson either. Which means he can’t be a problem for the 49ers defense later on. Wilson will stay with the New York Jets, and the Jets will…do Jets things.
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