One can’t assist however marvel if Russell Wilson had simply thrown that final cross in Tremendous Bowl 49 into the third row how the remainder of it might need performed out. Seattle would seemingly have had consecutive Tremendous Bowls, he’d be a god within the PNW, and maybe everybody would have had extra endurance for the mountain of up-his-own-ass rubbish that got here with him. As an alternative, because of that INT, he solely crystalized the divide that was already forming between him and the remainder of the staff, particularly the protection that had been the bedrock of that period of Seahawks soccer.

Is Russell Wilson enjoying himself out of the HOF?

Wilson performed some nice soccer in Seattle after that Tremendous Bowl, after all, sufficient to get him two gargantuan offers that now the 2 groups that inked him to such determined weren’t value it. That’s after the Denver Broncos yesterday chucked him overboard to maintain the ship shifting, even when it’s going to saddle them with $85 million in useless cash on the cap over the following two years. A participant have to be some particular form of horse’s ass {that a} staff would pay practically 9 figures to verify he isn’t round.

Wilson arrived in Denver two years in the past with all the conventional fanfare {that a} supposed reply at QB will get from a city that’s been within the QB abyss for a stretch, because the Broncos absolutely have. Wander within the desert of Drew Lock and Trevor Siemian lengthy sufficient and the mirage of Wilson will begin to look lots like a babbling brook. Emphasis on “babbling,” given the quantity of motivational and promotional ooze that constantly spewed from Wilson’s all the time open maw.

Identical to in Seattle, there have been loads of tales about how Wilson had the group over a barrel, his disconnection from his teammates, the particular guidelines that utilized solely to him (or didn’t, extra precisely), and a gaggle of gurus and quotes and smarmy messages Wilson pestered his teammates with. That solely works whenever you’re racking up a number of Tremendous Bowls, as Tom Brady has confirmed.

After which there have been the tales of Sean Payton attempting to reverse all that from the earlier season, their clashes, and no matter else.

Wilson will flip 36 subsequent season, so he’s virtually definitely not a QB a staff may construct one thing round irrespective of how a lot he claims his religion and no matter sludge-containing kangaroo piss he passes off as his magic elixir will prolong his longevity perpetually. He additionally simply proved he’s not a turn-key repair for a staff that feels it’s proper on the cusp of one thing. Not solely is he an iffy wager on the sector now, however he’s additionally an iffier slot in any locker room with an excellent functioning bullsh*t detector.

Wilson generated a whole lot of furor upon buying and selling Seattle for Denver, and the Broncos had simply concerning the two most meh seasons with him conceivable (apart from once they gave up 70 to Miami). What’s left at Mile Excessive is clearly hampered by the large chunk of change that has to go to nothing now, and the Broncos don’t have all that a lot to leap up into the Prime 10 to get one of many QBs there. Although Payton looks like the precise form of confident jackass who may discuss himself and a whole metropolis into the thought of JJ McCarthy as a hidden legend within the making solely to observe him fail spectacularly when he’s requested to win a recreation for his staff for the primary time, as an alternative of the opposite manner round because it was at Michigan.

Maybe the Broncos had been satisfied by Matt Stafford successful a Tremendous Bowl as a latest import, with out realizing they didn’t have any of the soundness the Rams had. However often it’s a good suggestion to be cautious of the QB who comes along with his personal #model, and had already torn one profitable staff aside. Complete lot of each sort of funding to get just about nothing.

The Matrix on ice

Sasha Barkov, is that this even allowed?

Deking by way of two d-men isn’t presupposed to be a three-dimensional act, and but Barkov has launched juggling into the arsenal that can be utilized to place opposing blue-liners on their ass.