BREAKING: New York Jets Have Finally Traded QB Zach Wilson

Zach Wilson is finally on the move.

After months of rumors that his time with the New York Jets was over, the franchise finally traded him less than a week away from the NFL Draft.

On Monday, the Jets traded Zach Wilson to the Denver Broncos, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

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Former #Jets starting QB and No. 2 pick Zach Wilson is on the move. Sources say he’s being traded to the #Broncos, hoping for a fresh start.
The deal includes a late-round pick swap (6th for a 7th) and NYJ will pay some of Wilson’s roughly $5.5M salary. pic.twitter.com/7Y1KShZ3sg
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 22, 2024

Rapoport further adds the two teams will swap late-round picks, with Denver giving up a sixth and getting back a seventh, while the Jets will also eat some of Wilson’s remaining $5.5 million guaranteed salary in 2024.

A draft week QB deal! It's Pick 203 for Pick 256. https://t.co/waZCa9qgMm
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)

April 22, 2024

The 2021 first-round pick has been on the trade block the entire offseason, but the Jets found a ton of trouble finding a suitor willing to take him on. That entered the Denver Broncos, who are in need of a quarterback after they cut Russell Wilson.

After taking Zach Wilson with the second overall draft pick, he became one of the worst draft picks in Jets history. He’s thrown for 6,293 yards and 23 touchdowns against 25 interceptions during his three-year NFL career, posting a 12-21 record as a starter, via ESPN.com.

His tenure with the team was supposed to last a possible additional year or two with Aaron Rodgers in town, but a week-one injury forced the team to put Wilson back in the starting lineup, and nothing with him had changed.

He was benched for bad play for the second straight season, and it signaled the end of his tenure.

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