“The 2024 Pro Bowler has yet to score a touchdown in seven games and is on pace for just 624 yards,” Gagnon wrote. “That would mark the worst healthy season of the 26-year-old’s career.”
One trade target a couple of Cleveland-based radio hosts floated is New York Jets star wideout Garrett Wilson. However, Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com shut down those reports and rumors on Saturday, while reporting that the Browns do, in fact, want to add talent ahead of the November 4 deadline.
“It won’t be Jets receiver Garrett Wilson, because the Jets undoubtedly won’t part with him after they just signed him to a four-year extension in July worth $130 million, including $90 million guaranteed,” Cabot wrote. “Despite rumors on social media, the Browns haven’t given it any thought, in part because they know the Jets wouldn’t consider it, even though they’re 0-7.”
Wilson, 25, has earned $32 million total through the first four years of his NFL career.
### Browns Tied to Garrett Wilson Interest by Cleveland Radio Personalities
It wasn’t just social media stirring the pot regarding a Wilson-Browns trade, but also “The Tony Rizzo Show” on ESPN Cleveland. Rizzo and his guest host “Chopz” said on October 22 that they had heard Cleveland’s front office was looking into Wilson’s availability.
“There’s a lot of wide receiver chatter out there with the Browns, and [general manager Andrew Berry] is sniffing around,” Chopz said. “Garrett Wilson’s name is popping up right now. That seems like such an Andrew Berry move, because Garrett Wilson seems to be on the outs in New York because they have a new regime.”
### Browns Likely to Consider Less Splashy Trade Targets, Especially Given QB Situation
Wilson would represent a major swing at this point in the Browns’ roster reconstruction, with rookie quarterbacks Cade Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders likely to start for the remainder of the season. Should neither of them distinguish himself, Cleveland might use its first-round draft pick to pursue a signal-caller in a promising class of rookie QBs expected to enter the league in 2026.
There is merit, however, in acquiring an elite No. 1 option to support whichever young player ends up becoming the Browns’ next franchise quarterback—particularly if that player is in his mid-20s and under contract through 2030, as Wilson is.
Despite this, Cabot noted on Saturday that it is more likely Andrew Berry and the Browns will look for potentially less flashy, but still meaningful, additions of a particular type as they continue to build the roster.
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