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Russell Wilson Benched


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4 minutes ago, Dcat said:

This benching is not motivated by a Denver desire to tank, although it might help. They are benching him for one reason: to avoid the risk of Wilson getting seriously injured in the last 2 meaningless games b/c if he doesn't pass a physical next March, he gets an additional $34 million gtd money.  I guess he's now the Denver bubble boy.

That's part of it, but they're not making the playoffs after that gut wrenching loss to the Patriots, thus no more reason to let Russ cook. 

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10 minutes ago, Dcat said:

and risk an additional $37 million on top of the $34 he's already guaranteed next season whether he's there or not.

Say what you want about the jets front office, but Denver doing the Russell Wilson deal has to be one of the top 10 all time worst moves in NFL history.  Seattle raped Denver.  Kind of makes up for Seattle's bone head trade to get Adams from us.

he gets an addl 34 mil by NOT passing a physical?

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18 minutes ago, Dcat said:

and risk an additional $37 million on top of the $34 he's already guaranteed next season whether he's there or not.

Why was Russ playing vs the Patriots last Sunday night? Because they had a decent shot at the playoffs if they won. They lose and are pretty much eliminated from making the playoffs, which is why they benched Russ. Not gonna risk him getting hurt with no realistic shot at the playoffs. Should be fairly easy to understand.

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Wilson hasn't been great either year in Denver but he was notably better this year than last. If Denver had kept Hackett after the 5-12 season, can we say Denver would end up much different in 2023 with Hackett versus Payton? As it stands they will end with seven to nine wins with Payton. Hackett was a terrible head coach, but for Payton's reputation and mouth earlier in the season, it doesn't seem like he brought all that much to the table over Hackett, who was also a first year head coach in 2022.

 

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