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PositiveValueAug 1, 2026NFL.com News
The source rates Wilson as overvalued at Round 3 (WR12 ADP). Despite being the 2022 first-round pick and the only viable target in New York for most of his career, Wilson has finished outside the top 20 PPR wideouts in three of his four seasons. A knee injury ended his 2025 season after seven games. The Jets spent two of their three first-round picks on pass catchers (TE Kenyon Sadiq and WR Omar Cooper Jr.), creating legitimate target competition. Wilson ranks 70th in fantasy points per target among 73 receivers with 200-plus targets since 2022, despite being sixth in total targets (528). The source is passing on Wilson in the third round for more reliable options.
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PositiveValueJul 31, 2026ESPN Fantasy Football
Eric Moody identifies Wilson as one of the better wide receiver values in fantasy drafts; the market prices in the Jets' offensive dysfunction while overlooking his consistent target volume. Wilson has seen 147, 168, and 154 targets in his three healthy seasons, and before his 2025 knee injury was on pace for roughly 160 targets. Selected as WR15 with ADP of 38.4. Career includes three straight 1,000-yard seasons: 83 catches, 1,103 yards, four TDs as rookie; 95-1,042-3 in 2023; career highs of 101-1,104-7 in 2024 (253.9 total fantasy points, WR9). In first five games of 2025, averaged 9.6 targets and 19.0 PPG; through four games ranked second in targets (38), receptions (27), fifth in receiving yards (311), third in TDs (3). Concerns include potential offensive struggles, Geno Smith's 19 TD-17 INT season, and added target competition, but Smith completed 67.4% of passes with 78.3% career on-target rate. Jets added coordinator Frank Reich, whose offenses finished top 10 in passing yards three times and top 10 in scoring four times. For redraft, Wilson is high-end WR2 with legitimate WR1 upside; in dynasty at age 26, worth targeting in trades for contenders.
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PositiveValueJul 31, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL
Wilson signed a four-year, $130 million extension with the Jets ahead of the 2025 season, earning $32.5 million annually with $90 million guaranteed. The deal served as the blueprint for Olave's contract. Through four seasons with New York, Wilson has accumulated 3,644 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns in 58 games, slightly behind Olave's production despite similar career trajectories with struggling franchises and quarterback questions.
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PositiveBustJul 30, 2026Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz
Ian Hartitz fades Garrett Wilson as a bold pick despite consensus round 3-4 ADP (WR 12-18) due to multiple concerns: (1) the traditional case for Wilson—that he'll accumulate 150+ targets due to lack of receiving competition—no longer holds with more target competition than ever; (2) the Jets offense is ranked 32nd by Vegas and could be the single worst in the NFL; (3) the team could start a really bad rookie QB down the stretch; (4) even when Wilson had high target volume in the past, he didn't deliver amazing returns; (5) per-game numbers last year were fine in limited sample but tape shows concerning patterns (e.g., eight-yard curls in Tampa Bay game with Tyrod Taylor); (6) Hartitz would prefer to see Wilson team up with a better QB like Arch Manning or Dante Moore in 2027 or beyond. Hartitz refuses to use a top-40 to top-45 pick on this offense and is "really having a bigger time struggling" with Wilson at current ADP given the poor offensive environment under Frank Reich.
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NegativeValueJul 30, 2026The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
In a direct comparison, Garrett Wilson is ranked below Luther Burden in draft preference. When asked 'Would you guys rather have Garrett Wilson or Luther Burden straight up?', the response is 'Burden because Burden is a talented player on a great team with a great coach and a great quarterback. And the Jets have none of those things.' This reflects the speaker's view that Wilson's elite talent is undermined by the Jets' organizational dysfunction.
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PositiveValueJul 30, 2026The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
Garrett Wilson is explicitly deprioritized in favor of A.D. Mitchell as a Jets pass-catcher target. The speaker states: 'I'd rather take a shot at A.D. Mitchell off like the last pick in my draft than Garrett Wilson. If you want a piece of the Jets, take A.D. Mitchell, not Garrett Wilson.' The rationale centers on the Jets' offensive dysfunction, lack of coaching stability, and the presence of multiple mouths to feed (Omar Cooper, Kenyon Sadiq drafted in the first round, Mason Taylor, A.D. Mitchell), which dilutes target opportunity.
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NegativeBustJul 30, 2026The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
Despite strong historical production—a hundred catches and 1,100 yards two years ago with seven touchdowns, never fewer than 83 catches in a full season—Wilson remains a fade due to Jets organizational dysfunction. The speaker explicitly warns against talking yourself into Wilson despite his stats, citing the Jets' lame-duck head coach Aaron Glenn, Frank Reich's two-year absence from the league and prior mid-season firings, and the team's overall instability as reasons to avoid the player entirely, even if Gino Smith is theoretically the best quarterback Wilson has had.
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PositiveValueJul 30, 2026Flock Fantasy
Selected as a fourth-round pick in this draft; Chris Rodriguez notes Wilson is his highest-ranked player and takes him despite the Jets context, though he limits overall Jets receiver exposure because teammates like Kinyoun Sadeeq and Omar Cooper are 'cheap as hell' due to the Jets' offensive environment. Rodriguez's willingness to take Wilson despite the Jets situation and his fourth-round cost indicates conviction in Wilson's value relative to other Jets options.
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