Garrett Wilson unloads on Stephen A Smith, who bashed Jets during fiery rant: 'Sell out'

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New York Jets prima receiver Garrett Wilson fired backmost astatine fashionable sports property Stephen A. Smith aft comments Smith made astir his team.

The Jets’ organizational woes prompted Smith to accidental he’d alternatively portion poison than play for the NFL team.

"I’d spell backmost to assemblage earlier I play for the Jets. They are a shot atrocity. They are awful," Smith said during a rant connected ESPN’s "First Take."

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ESPN big Stephen A. Smith said Thursday helium doesn't deliberation there's a Democratic campaigner who could bushed a Vance/Rubio statesmanlike summons successful 2028.  (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Wilson rapidly jumped into the comments of the X post, calling Smith a "sell out."

"Damn, u gotta beryllium a existent merchantability retired n supra each a quadrate to beryllium connected ESPN nowadays. Used to emotion that show," Wilson wrote.

JETS MAKE NFL HISTORY WITH SEASON OF UNPRECEDENTED FUTILITY AND RECORD-BREAKING FAILURES

What prompted Smith’s rant was a speech astir Oregon Ducks backmost Dante Moore, who could beryllium the No. 2 wide prime by the Jets if helium decides to permission schoolhouse aft the College Football Playoff.

"I’d devour to provoke myself to person nutrient poisoning wherever I’m similar garbage earlier I played for the Jets," Smith said. "Whatever I could bash to beryllium live and beryllium OK successful the extremity but to ruin their thoughts of ever wanting maine connected their roster, I would do."

Smith besides took shots astatine Jets caput manager Aaron Glenn, who kept his occupation contempt a 3-14 play that resulted successful immoderate atrocious NFL history, astir notably being the archetypal squad without an interception each season.

"I americium a Black antheral that is consistently pushing for opportunities for Black coaches passim the years. I person done that," Smith explained. "It’s gotten a batch amended than it has successful the past. And it hurts maine to accidental this, OK? Ain’t nary mode successful hellhole Aaron Glenn should inactive beryllium the caput manager of the New York Jets. They are horrible and digressed, damn adjacent nosedived."

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Garrett Wilson of the New York Jets walks disconnected the tract aft a crippled against the Miami Dolphins astatine Hard Rock Stadium Sept. 29, 2025, successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

And, no, Smith wasn’t done there. He took purpose astatine the enactment arsenic a whole.

"There are radical that person passed distant rooting for the Jets. They’re horrible. Horrible. And they’re the spot to spell if you privation to sink, if you privation to dissipate, if you privation to conscionable rot away. They’re horrible."

The Jets haven't been to the playoffs successful 15 years, the longest drought successful nonrecreational sports.

But there’s nary doubting the dysfunction that comes with the streak. Wilson, 24, knows it aft being the team’s first-round prime retired of Ohio State successful 2022. He’s shined, on with a prime fewer teammates, but has ne'er seen a play supra .500, fto unsocial playoff football.

Stephen A Smith and Garrett Wilson

Stephen A. Smith and Garrett Wilson  (Getty Images)

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The Jets caput into yet different offseason of uncertainty, particularly successful the backmost department. Will they spell with different young rookie successful hopes helium turns retired to beryllium their long-awaited backmost of the future? Or bash the Jets look to escaped bureau similar they did past offseason considering the summation of Justin Fields didn’t enactment out.

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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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