Monday ended up being a great day for nearly every player on the New York Jets after the team traded for Aaron Rodgers, but there was one notable exception:
Zach Wilson.
The third-year quarterback had struggled considerably in his first two seasons with the Jets since being taken second overall in 2021. And the move for Rodgers showed just how little confidence Robert Saleh’s staff has in Wilson’s ability to live up to his draft position. Last season, Wilson appeared in just nine games, throwing for six touchdowns and seven interceptions and he was ultimately benched (and booed by Jets fans).
Zach Wilson gets booed pic.twitter.com/yBSMsftdmJ
— SPEEDYEAGLE2.25 (@Sonic47864084) December 23, 2022
Now, Wilson knew this trade for Rodgers was on the horizon. After all, the deal was rumored for nearly two months. But it still had to be hard to see the reaction from his Jets teammates — some of them changed their Twitter avatars to photos of Rodgers. They openly celebrated him losing his job.
NFL fans didn’t hold back on Wilson either with many of them seeing the trade as an opportunity to roast the struggling quarterback.
This was how Twitter reacted
“Hi, folks, Zach Wilson here. You know, I made millions of dollars as a top draft pick, but you can *feel* like a million dollars if you make Zach Wilson Honda *your* top pick. We’re Salt Lake City’s No. 1 preowned Honda and Acura dealership. Visit us today!” https://t.co/UMjx0v5Wu4 pic.twitter.com/UosMHrpby8
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) April 24, 2023
Zach Wilson showing up to the Jets facility tomorrow morning pic.twitter.com/B1Fz9UD6xl
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) April 24, 2023
Zach Wilson Realty has a decent ring to it.
— Unmistakable Latin Flavor (@PBSImpulse9) April 24, 2023
Zach Wilson at Aaron Rodgers welcome party pic.twitter.com/81ziyBTj5H
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) April 24, 2023
Zach Wilson after the Aaron Rodgers trade watching every single one of his Jets teammates celebrate him losing his job on Twitter: pic.twitter.com/Jn8XDBNdpy
— Knicks Memes (@KnicksMemes) April 24, 2023
Aaron Rodgers cleaning out Zach Wilson’s locker room pic.twitter.com/xqvCHHgLki
— David Santana (@dsantana310) April 24, 2023
Zach Wilson seeing all of his teammates celebrate him losing his job https://t.co/Uad2BQwRry pic.twitter.com/fK4tulVa3L
— Dom (@itsdomyoutube) April 24, 2023
At some point you gotta feel for Zach Wilson, these dudes HATED him lmaooo pic.twitter.com/D7aRCNZVbD
— Tyler🥋 (@eleet_sports) April 24, 2023
Zach Wilson’s new employer: pic.twitter.com/W9CK8hgr80
— Tay *redacted* (@tayredacted) April 24, 2023
It’s not going to get much easier for Wilson — that’s for sure.
