The Denver Broncos acquired Russell Wilson in a mountain-moving commerce that led to solely two seasons of labor for Wilson as quarterback. On Monday, the crew notified Russ that he is not going to play for Denver subsequent season.
As a part of the transfer, the Broncos set the report for essentially the most useless cap house related to one participant. They doubled the earlier quantity.
We’ve notified QB Russell Wilson that he will likely be launched after the league yr begins March 13.
A press release from GM George Paton and HC Sean Payton: pic.twitter.com/EJO5mNMjew
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) March 4, 2024
Largest useless cap hits in NFL historical past:Russell Wilson ($85M)Matt Ryan ($40.53M)Aaron Rodgers ($40.31M)Carson Wentz ($33.8M)Russell Wilson, once more ($26M)
To name this historic is an understatement. https://t.co/BeQztvGEin
— Anand Nanduri (@NanduriNFL) March 4, 2024
Notably, his parting remarks differ vastly in direction of Denver as opposed to a few years in the past in direction of Seattle. This time round, Wilson has fairly a bit to say in his considerate goodbye message to the followers.
Technically – technically, a reunion with Seattle is an possibility. In the identical type of approach that Dee Eskridge is an choice to be the primary receiver on the roster subsequent season. A lot have speculated about it already, whether or not severe or not, isn’t at all times straightforward to inform.
Wilson will now take a look at free company for the primary time in his profession, with loads of intrigue round his subsequent touchdown spot. Pittsburgh and Atlanta are among the many front-runners.
To that finish, though I’d aspect with those that argue the Pittsburgh Steelers make extra sense, there’s a case to be made that Wilson signing with the Atlanta Falcons helps the Seahawks. The Falcons choose at No. 8 on this draft, and the dialog surrounding J.J. McCarthy has turn out to be muddy. If he’s any individual John Schneider needs, and if he has climbed that top on the draft chart, then Atlanta getting out of the quarterback market definitely ovens the door for Seattle.
However all that is still to be seen, as does whether or not Russell Wilson can recapture a few of his former glory in one other location with one other head coach, who, if we’re being sincere, can’t presumably like him lower than Sean Payton. Wherever he finally ends up will likely be an settlement of types on each ends, which hopefully bodes higher for Russ than the disaster-fest that was two years of Broncos Nation most definitely not using.
