The Russell Wilson-Denver Broncos collaboration is quite much over. Well, at least while Sean Payton is the head coach. When Payton was workedwith last year, it felt like a bad prophecy for Wilson, who would requirement to go from a free-wheeling, deep ball or no ball passer to a regimented timing passer below. While he enhanced from his devastating 2022, he wasn’t excellent adequate— and Payton along with the Broncos comprehended that.
However, what the Broncos did to shot and get Wilson to come off his agreement is where this story actually gets grease tossed on the fire. Wilson was benched with 2 videogames left in the season, in order for the Broncos to shot and prevent the injury assurance that would come in his agreement. Basically, Wilson was owed cash if he got injured, and the Broncos chose to not even threat the possibility of him getting harmed. In addition, news broke throughout the season that Denver and the Wilson camp got into a conflict over a agreement trigger that would’ve ensured his 2025 wage if he didn’t get benched. Wilson didn’t desire to get benched … and now here we are.
Wilson spoke to Brandon Marshall on the I Am Athlete podcast, and whew youngboy this is gonna get MESSY.
This is going to be a legend filled with passive aggressive reports and shots fired throughout the bow from both sides. In Wilson’s case, the Broncos withholding him from playing the videogame he likes and the videogame that he has objectively been great at for the last 10+ years, and Denver informing h