Garrett Wilson said the quiet part out loud.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Wilson called ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith a \u201csquare\u201d<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Wilson has made it clear that he isn\u2019t interested in further social media debates, but on Thursday, the Jets\u2019 star wideout delivered some final words to end his spat with Smith.<\/p>\n It was not before Smith got in some words of his own, though. As expected, Smith used Wilson\u2019s response to milk some more content for his talk show.<\/p>\n \u201cDid I stutter? The Jets are horrible,\u201d said<\/a> Smith in a response to Wilson on ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d.<\/p>\n Wilson responded to Smith\u2019s latest rant with a parting shot.<\/p>\n \u201cI just don\u2019t want bad advice going out. That was bad career and financial advice that [Smith] himself wouldn\u2019t even take,\u201d Wilson wrote on X\/Twitter. \u201cNot to mention yeah I take some of it personal. All good. Go Jets.\u201d<\/p>\n Last thing imma say on it. I listened, and I ain\u2019t like it, but that\u2019s all okay. I just don\u2019t want bad advice going out. That was bad career and financial advice that he himself wouldn\u2019t even take. Not to mention yeah I take some of it personal. All good. Go Jets<\/p>\n \u2014 Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) January 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The Jets are indeed \u201chorrible,\u201d as Smith put it. They\u2019re 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\u2019s a tough place to succeed, as the past 15 years have shown.<\/p>\n However, the Jets\u2019 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\u2019s a risk that a 20-year-old athlete cannot afford to take.<\/p>\n Not to mention, every quarterback who lands high in the draft is destined to land with a struggling football team. That\u2019s 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?<\/p>\n 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\u2019s in a run-first offense with Justin Fields at quarterback. The Jets also have arguably the NFL\u2019s best duo of young offensive tackles<\/a>.<\/p>\n As per usual, talk show hosts like Smith don\u2019t have anything of substance to add to the conversation. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n