The upcoming break up between the Denver Broncos and quarterback Russell Wilson could get an entire lot messier than it already is.
After benching Wilson for Jarrett Stidham final week, the 35-year-old QB went public with the workforce’s menace to bench him weeks in the past through the bye week if he didn’t waive his $37 million damage assure for the 2025 season, which will get locked on this coming March.
The transfer didn’t sit proper with the NFLPA, which sent a letter to the Broncos in November informing them that the menace made to Wilson violated the collective bargaining settlement they usually may face authorized motion due to it.
Though head coach Sean Payton maintained that Wilson’s benching was for performance-related causes and nothing to do along with his contract, that’s not the notion across the league.
Now, Payton and the Broncos entrance workplace will seemingly spend the start a part of the offseason doing injury management, making an attempt to restore the hit their reputations took after Wilson shared his aspect of the story.
“Fifteen years in the past, the quarterback would sit quiet and attempt to get on one other workforce,” an nameless exec told The Athletic. “If you mistreat a man like Wilson, that ain’t going to occur. I feel Sean messed with the unsuitable man as a result of (Wilson) advised the story.”
Whereas nothing has been formally introduced, it’s anticipated that the Broncos will launch Wilson in March earlier than his damage assure kicks in. If he’s launched with a post-June 1 designation, Wilson will carry $35.4M in useless cap, per Over the Cap.
Denver is projected to be $18.1M over the wage cap in 2024. Wilson’s launch can be added to the $9.69M in useless cap the workforce already has after slicing Randy Gregory, Brandon McManus, Frank Clark and Montrell Washington, bringing its grand whole to $45.1M.
