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The New York Jets are trading quarterback Zach Wilson and a seventh-round draft pick to the Denver Broncos, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports
Per the report, the Jets will receive a sixth-round pick in return and will pay part of Wilson's $5.5 million salary next season.
Wilson joins the Broncos after three failed seasons in New York. The Jets selected Wilson with the No. 2 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft with hopes that he could develop into their long-awaited franchise quarterback. He instead was benched repeatedly for poor play in his first two seasons before the Jets moved on to acquire Aaron Rodgers prior to the 2023 season.
Wilson got another shot to start when Rodgers tore his Achilles on his first drive as New York's quarterback. He continued to struggle through 11 starts in 2023 as the Jets finished a disappointing 7-10 and out of the playoffs. Now he has a new home.
Will Wilson compete for a starting job in Denver?
Wilson joins a Broncos team in the midst of its own quarterback chaos. After two failed seasons, Denver punted this offseason on the Russell Wilson experiment. The Broncos released Wilson in March, a decision that came with an $85 million dead salary cap hit across the next two seasons. It also left the Broncos without a viable starting quarterback on the roster.
Wilson's exit elevated Jarrett Stidham to the top of Denver's depth chart. The four-year NFL veteran has four career starts. For his career that's included 16 game appearances for three teams, he's completed 59.6% of his passes for 7.2 yards per attempt with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Wilson arrives with considerably more starting experience. That experience doesn't inspire confidence that the Broncos are any closer to figuring out their quarterback woes.
In 34 career games, including 33 starts, Wilson completed 57% of his passes for 6.3 yards per attempt and 185.1 yards per game with 23 touchdowns and 25 interceptions. The Jets went 12-21 in games that he started. He was the weak link on a 2023 team with a top-3 defense and playmakers on an offense that would have projected to compete for the AFC East with competent quarterback play.
Instead of making an in-season move to improve the position, the Jets stuck with Wilson through most of the season en route to a third-place AFC East finish out of the playoffs.
For now, Wilson projects to compete for the starting job in Denver next season. Practice squad quarterback Ben DiNucci was the only Broncos quarterback under contract other than Stidham prior to Wilson's arrival.
For the Broncos, Wilson amounts to a low-risk acquisition via a late-round draft pick swap. If he doesn't develop, the Broncos won't have lost much. But Broncos fans holding out hope for a competitive team in 2024 are still waiting for the franchise to make a significant move at quarterback.
Thursday's NFL Draft will be Denver's best opportunity to further address the position. The Broncos hold the No. 12 pick, but will likely have to move up to acquire one of the draft's coveted quarterback prospects.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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