When Russell Wilson signed a five-year, $245million deal with the Broncos in 2022, he said he wanted to spend the rest of his career in Denver.
‘I believe this is a marriage,’ he told reporters.
Two years later, that marriage – initially built on a shaky first-time head coach in Nathaniel Hackett and the league’s worst scoring offense in 2022 – is over.
But Wilson surely has a better foundation to succeed in his next stop: the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he agreed to join on a meager $1.21million deal this week after the Broncos cut him (and still owe him nearly $38 million this year).
In the Steel City, Wilson will join a team where he’s essentially the missing piece.
Russell Wilson speaks at his introductory Steelers press conference on Friday afternoon
In the past, his wife Ciara has received baseless blame for some of his poor performances
Wilson is now the only QB on the Steelers’ roster after the team traded away Pickett