Sounds like nobody wants Russell Wilson — unless he gets cut

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton announced Tuesday that the workforce’s alternative on the future of quarterback Russell Wilson will come inside the subsequent two weeks. Inform that to the rest of the league.

There could also be seemingly little curiosity in actually shopping for the 36-year-old signal caller in the intervening time, at least by the use of commerce.

“You already know, I haven’t heard one thing from any teams,” Broncos GM George Paton talked about when asked a few potential Wilson commerce Tuesday. “So, we’ll see.”

Wilson has had a rocky tenure since changing into a member of the Denver Broncos. 2022 was, by most metrics, the worst season of Wilson’s occupation. 2023 wasn’t loads higher. Whatever the uptick in scoring serving to Wilson put up 26 passing touchdowns, the Broncos quarterback set a model new occupation low in complete passing yards on the third-lowest success value as a passer in his occupation.

A number of the dearth of curiosity, though, comes proper all the way down to Wilson’s contract. Wilson’s remaining average contract value of $49 million is the fifth-most of any quarterback inside the league behind Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, and Jalen Hurts. At age 36, Wilson nonetheless has $85 million in ineffective money hooked as much as his deal. After 2024, the next 4 years’ cap hits all exceed $50 million.

The dearth of curiosity signifies that the Broncos would probably have to cut Wilson within the occasion that they choose to maneuver on from him. Not solely would Denver eat the $85 million in ineffective money, nevertheless they’d moreover take a $49.6 million cap hit if executed sooner than June 1.

“It hasn’t modified,” Paton talked about. “We wanted to get by the use of our draft conferences. We wanted to get by the use of our free agent conferences and take into account with what we now have. So we merely have to get by the use of the strategy. Sean should see all these quarterbacks, the coaches must see all these quarterbacks until we make an educated alternative.”