Russell Wilson Released

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He's going to sign a modest 3 year deal with Atlanta, with a bunch of incentives & an out after 2 years. They'll tell him he's their guy, then they'll draft a QB in the 1st round anyway. Russ will be replaced after their bye week.

[Mr. WEO]

If he goes to ATL or PIT, he wins more games than last year with The Guy Who Rolled The Ball Out To Drew Brees.....

[The Wiz]

  On 3/4/2024 at 9:36 PM, Chicken Boo said:

Steelers are dumb if they don't jump on this.  

 

A 70% Russ is better than Pickett and Rudolph combined. 

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Steelers are dumb either way so it all works out. 😉

[The Frankish Reich]

  On 3/4/2024 at 9:45 PM, wppete said:

Possibly the worst trade of all time. The amount of money and  assets traded for him was insane and he did absolutely nothing for denver. 

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It wasn't the trade. It was the contract extension. That's what really crippled the Broncos.

  On 3/4/2024 at 10:22 PM, Gunsgoodtime said:

Largest dead cap hits in NFL history:
Russell Wilson ($85M)
Matt Ryan ($40.53M)
Aaron Rodgers ($40.31M)
Carson Wentz ($33.8M)
Russell Wilson, again ($26M)

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Until Deshaun. Records are made to be broken!

[Toyo321]

Sean and Russ did not get along at all.  It never would have worked between these two.

 

They were worse than oil and water.

 

[Mark Vader]

The QB who killed Nate Hackett's career.

[mannc]

  On 3/4/2024 at 9:36 PM, Chicken Boo said:

Steelers are dumb if they don't jump on this.  

 

A 70% Russ is better than Pickett and Rudolph combined. 

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RW and Mike Tomlin does not seem like a good fit.

[Don Otreply]

  On 3/4/2024 at 9:54 PM, Ethan in Cleveland said:

He's still a very good QB. Problem is, he is a locker room cancer. 

One day all the true stories will come out.

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He is the sort to believe his own press clippings when they are good, it appears he is a D - bag / sh-tty teammate, Imo he is done as a viable QB, and will milk his former reputation as an actual football player for a few more years and then fade away, 

[Bills!Win!]

Russel Wilson, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers.. all great QBs. Once they turned about 32-33 they just got weird… 

[stevestojan]

That’s an insane amount of dead cap. 
 

He must be miserable to be around. 

[Mr. WEO]

  On 3/4/2024 at 11:14 PM, Mark Vader said:

The QB who killed Nate Hackett's career.

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The QB who exposed Hackett as a total bum, you mean.  His career didn't end in Denver.....

[fan_in_tx]

  On 3/4/2024 at 10:19 PM, Bills aPHILLYate said:

I don't see how he doesn't end up in either Atl, Pitt, LV, NYG

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Imagine LV and he picks apart the Broncos twice next year.  

[Warcodered]

But he was cooking so well.

 

[notwoz]

  On 3/4/2024 at 9:45 PM, wppete said:

Possibly the worst trade of all time. The amount of money and  assets traded for him was insane and he did absolutely nothing for denver. 

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This was a pretty bad trade, but I think the Cowboys-Vikings trade involving Herschel Walker was one of the NFL's worst.

[The Frankish Reich]

  On 3/4/2024 at 11:14 PM, Mark Vader said:

The QB who killed Nate Hackett's career.

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And here I was thinking that was EJ Manuel.

Knowing the charmed life Nate Hackett has lived, I fully expect he'll get yet another life.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

  On 3/4/2024 at 9:45 PM, wppete said:

Possibly the worst trade of all time. The amount of money and  assets traded for him was insane and he did absolutely nothing for denver. 

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It's certainly in the running.

Top 3 have to be Hershel Walker, Deshaun Watson and Wilson... Hard to think of any more worse than these three.  Although Bills pulled off some great ones including OJ Simpson and Tom Cousineau ultimately becoming Jim Kelly.

  On 3/4/2024 at 11:16 PM, Don Otreply said:

He is the sort to believe his own press clippings when they are good, it appears he is a D - bag / sh-tty teammate, Imo he is done as a viable QB, and will milk his former reputation as an actual football player for a few more years and then fade away, 

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Possibly.  I thought he played ok down the stretch. He is certainly better than at least 10 of the starting QBs that played last year.  He will start somewhere.  Pitts, Chicago, LV, New England, Atlanta, and New Orleans are all places he could walk in and start even if it meant the QB of the future sat for a year.  

[Warcodered]

  On 3/4/2024 at 11:50 PM, notwoz said:

This was a pretty bad trade, but I think the Cowboys-Vikings trade involving Herschel Walker was one of the NFL's worst.

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Pretty bad is a bit of an understatement the number of picks and cap hit they've taken from this whole thing probably put it as a contender for worst one of all time.

[Mark Vader]

  On 3/4/2024 at 11:55 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

And here I was thinking that was EJ Manuel.

Knowing the charmed life Nate Hackett has lived, I fully expect he'll get yet another life.

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Isn't he on his 4th life now?

[The Frankish Reich]

  On 3/5/2024 at 12:05 AM, Mark Vader said:

Isn't he on his 4th life now?

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The Jets haven't fired him ... yet.

[Warcodered]

  On 3/4/2024 at 11:56 PM, Ethan in Cleveland said:

It's certainly in the running.

Top 3 have to be Hershel Walker, Deshaun Watson and Wilson... Hard to think of any more worse than these three.  Although Bills pulled off some great ones including OJ Simpson and Tom Cousineau ultimately becoming Jim Kelly.

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 Went back to look it up.

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On March 16, 2022, the Seahawks traded Wilson and a fourth-round pick to the Broncos in exchange for two first-round picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round pick, quarterback Drew Lock, defensive lineman Shelby Harris, and tight end Noah Fant.

 

On September 1, 2022, Wilson signed a five-year, $245 million contract extension with the Broncos.

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