Garrett Wilson said the quiet part out loud.

On Wednesday, Wilson called ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith a “square” for his baffling comments about Oregon quarterback Dante Moore. Smith suggested that the projected top-two draft pick stay in school to avoid being drafted by the New York Jets.

Wilson has made it clear that he isn’t interested in further social media debates, but on Thursday, the Jets’ star wideout delivered some final words to end his spat with Smith.

It was not before Smith got in some words of his own, though. As expected, Smith used Wilson’s response to milk some more content for his talk show.

“Did I stutter? The Jets are horrible,” said Smith in a response to Wilson on ESPN’s “First Take”.

Wilson responded to Smith’s latest rant with a parting shot.

“I just don’t want bad advice going out. That was bad career and financial advice that [Smith] himself wouldn’t even take,” Wilson wrote on X/Twitter. “Not to mention yeah I take some of it personal. All good. Go Jets.”

Last thing imma say on it. I listened, and I ain’t like it, but that’s all okay. I just don’t want bad advice going out. That was bad career and financial advice that he himself wouldn’t even take. Not to mention yeah I take some of it personal. All good. Go Jets

— Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) January 8, 2026

The Jets are indeed “horrible,” as Smith put it. They’re coming off a 3-14 season in which they got outscored by a league-worst 203 points. Nobody is suggesting that the Jets are a dreamlike landing spot for a highly touted quarterback prospect. It’s a tough place to succeed, as the past 15 years have shown.

However, the Jets’ struggles do not justify the idea that Moore should pass up on a four-year contract worth over $40 million in fully guaranteed money. Moore could get injured in his first snap of the 2026 college football season and never see that type of money again. It’s a risk that a 20-year-old athlete cannot afford to take.

Not to mention, every quarterback who lands high in the draft is destined to land with a struggling football team. That’s kind of how the NFL works, in case Smith has been watching, although he may have missed it while playing solitaire on his phone. Would Moore be better off with the Las Vegas Raiders, who are about to hire their fifth head coach in six seasons?

Plus, the Jets, for all of their issues at the moment, actually have a surprisingly good supporting cast for a potential top-two draft pick. Wilson himself is the core piece of that supporting cast; he was on pace for 1,299 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns before getting injured this year, and that’s in a run-first offense with Justin Fields at quarterback. The Jets also have arguably the NFL’s best duo of young offensive tackles.

As per usual, talk show hosts like Smith don’t have anything of substance to add to the conversation. It’s refreshing to see prominent athletes like Wilson clapping back at hot take artists, defending both the Jets and the dwindling integrity of sports talk as a medium.