The New York Giants turned to a new chapter at the quarterback position in 2025, going from Russell Wilson to Jaxson Dart.
The Wilson era didn’t last very long in New York, as the veteran signal-caller, who was signed to a one-year, $10.5 million contract in the offseason, was benched for the rookie after just three starts that resulted in an 0-3 record.
Now, Wilson will be looking for a new home in 2026 and Stadium Rant’s Cameron Willey predicts he won’t go far. Willey has Wilson landing with the New York Jets.
Here’s Willey’s thoughts on Russ to Gang Green:
While this is extremely unlikely, it would be a typical Jets move to sign Russell Wilson. New York is loaded with Draft picks over the next two years, and is unable to snag a premier QB in this year’s draft. They’re looking to 2027 and will need a bridge QB until then.
Russell Wilson feels he still has a lot of football left, and he’s already in New York. It’s hard to imagine the Jets will run with Justin Fields for another year. If Aaron Glenn can get decent play out of Wilson, he might be able to keep his job and go get a franchise QB next year.
The Jets find themselves in a familiar spot with a need at quarterback.
The Justin Fields experiment failed miserably and chances are he has played his last down in New York.
New York’s bad luck at quarterback reared its ugly head once again following the 2025 season, as Oregon signal-caller Dante Moore, who many believed would be the Jets’ pick at No. 2 overall, decided to stay in college for another year.
With Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza likely to go to the Las Vegas Raiders with the top pick in the draft, there doesn’t figure to be another quarterback worthy of the Jets’ second overall pick.
That means the Jets are going to need a bridge quarterback, and preferably someone who can actually win games, as another disastrous season like 2025 could put both head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey on very thin ice.
Wilson has struggled mightily in the bridge quarterback role the past two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Giants, and he wasn’t good with the Denver Broncos before that, either.
Without even a decent supporting cast in New York, Wilson’s chances of succeeding with the Jets are pretty much zero, and he has to know that.
But a union between Wilson and the Jets remains possible, as New York might be the only team that gives him a chance to start and New York’s quarterback options might be extremely limited given the terrible situation at One Jets Drive.
The good news for a Jets-Wilson pairing is New York would lose a lot of games en route to securing another high pick that will help their rebuild, and Wilson would be a good mentor if the Jets opt to draft a young quarterback on Day 2 or 3.
That’s about the best we can scrape up in terms of a positive outlook for Wilson going to the Jets.
