Originally Posted by RedinTexas:
How do you foresee the Broncos handling the issue? Given the contract extension they gave Wilson, it's not like you can just cut him anytime soon and with him still on the roster he's absorbing a significant percentage of the salary cap. However, if he stays as the #1 QB and performs anything close to how he did last year, he'll reerun the development of the team and become incredibly divisive, even more so than he was last year.
Most likely we’ll stick with Wilson until it’s cheap to cut him and Payton will fix him enough to keep us stuck in a 7-9 win purgatory for a good long time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by FlaChief58:
You would think that the 5th ranked roster from a year ago would be ranked higher than that :-)
I told Mule Tool, caseofdildos, and friends what advanced scouts were saying but they listened to Lammey/Klit instead. Whoops...we'll see? We saw. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MagicHef:
Most likely we’ll stick with Wilson until it’s cheap to cut him and Payton will fix him enough to keep us stuck in a 7-9 win purgatory for a good long time.
Originally Posted by MagicHef:
Most likely we’ll stick with Wilson until it’s cheap to cut him and Payton will fix him enough to keep us stuck in a 7-9 win purgatory for a good long time.
It's interesting to think about how to define that phrase "until it's cheap to cut him."
Effectively, the better he performs, the longer they wait to cut him because the cap hit is going to be massive. The better he performs, the more likely they are to think that they can get by with him at QB. The worse he performs, the more likely they are to throw in the towel and just take the hit. The only thing that saves the Broncos here is a return to a superior level of play, but that scenario seems the least likely of all. [Reply]
They'll have a top 10 pick on a yearly basis so they just need to find a QB in the draft. He'll be ready for a 2nd contract when "Lets Ride" contract expires [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rainbarrel:
25 Worst moves made by NFL teams in 2022- Yard Barker
#1 Broncos trade for Russell Wilson
It's already being called one of the worst trades in NFL history. Desperate to solve the quarterback issues they've had since the retirement of Peyton Manning, the Broncos shipped two first-round picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round pick, Drew Lock, Noah Fant, and Shelby Harris to Seattle for Wilson. After signing Wilson to a five-year contract with $161 million guaranteed, he proceeded to flounder with career worsts in completion percentage, touchdowns, and QBR en route to a fourth-place finish in the AFC West. Fans can only hope a new coaching staff will turn things around.
Gawd.. I would have loved to had heard the Seattle conversation when they got off the phone with Denver after that trade. :-):-):-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by alanm:
Gawd.. I would have loved to had heard the Seattle conversation when they got off the phone with Denver after that trade. :-):-):-)
Schneider: Well Pete, I managed to dump Wilson on the Donks.
Carroll: That's great John. I hope that you were able to get a day 2 pick for him.
Schneider: You're not going to believe this. (Details the haul)
Carroll: Yeah right. Nobody is that dumb. It's clear that Wilson is done.
Schneider: (laughing uncontrollably) I'm serious. That moron Paton had Elfraud in his ear insisting that they needed him for the new ownership group. He offered this and I said yes before he had a chance to think about it.
Carroll: Oh my God John. You would deserve executive of the decade if it weren't for you taking advantage of the worst GM in the NFL. You're awesome.
Both burst out laughing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
They'll have a top 10 pick on a yearly basis so they just need to find a QB in the draft. He'll be ready for a 2nd contract when "Lets Ride" contract expires
If they’re smart (which they’re not) they’ll build the team around EmbaRuss, and wait for the right time to take a quarterback. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
If they’re smart (which they’re not) they’ll build the team around EmbaRuss, and wait for the right time to take a quarterback.
Yep. Just like Andy Reid did with Alex Smith. Although, the Chiefs had more to build with because they traded a lot less for Smith and, although he was overpaid, it wasn't a cap crippling contract like what Tater got [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic:
Ben DiNucci will probably be the starter by week 5, and from watching him play in the XFL, he would be an upgrade to Mr. Limited
I saw a USFL QB that showed me more than any Denver QB since 5 head as well [Reply]
