Jets: This trade could send Russell Wilson to New York

If the New York Jets want to get Russell Wilson, they’ll need to go all-in. 

If the New York Jets had the No.1 pick, this would be a no-go. There would not even be talks of this happening since Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Too bad Adam Gase ruined the tank, leading to New York picking No.2 in the NFL Draft come April.

Attention turns away from Deshaun Watson and over to Russell Wilson. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback has yet to request a trade, but there is a list of teams that he would waive his no-trade clause for should Seattle be willing to move him.

Are the Jets in the running?

Wilson is coming off one of the finest seasons of his career, completing a career-high 68.8 percent of his passes for 4,212 yards with a career-high 40 touchdowns. Long story short, that’ll cost teams a pretty penny.

However, if the Jets are ready to contend in the AFC East, they need a quarterback of Wilson’s demeanor.

Smaller, but efficient trade for the Jets

Everyone and their mother is going to say “well, just trade back the picks from the Adams trade,” to get this done. Here’s the thing: no.

That’s not going to do anything in moving the pendulum for Wilson.

Instead, New York needs to send in big guns. The No. 2 pick is Seattle’s for the taking. From there, Seattle could get back their first-round pick in 2022, basically moving up in the draft to land a premier quarterback prospect.

That’s enough, right? Well, most analysts would stop there since that seems to be the norm, but Wilson’s asking price is far more than that. It would also cost a player to help fix some part of the team moving forward.

Of the players that New York could part ways with, the ideal choice would likely be a name in the secondary. New York is expected to target a corner this offseason, so moving Bryce Hall, who could fit well in Seattle’s defensive front, would be the choice.

Is that enough? Likely not. However, Seattle dug themselves a hole they cannot totally fix. Unfortunately, this all comes down to Wilson and if he wants a fresh start.

The Jets have the cap space to add talent around the 32-year-old gunslinger, but are they willing to give all that up? Maybe. Just maybe.