Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales is quite familiar with Russell Wilson, serving as his quarterbacks coach for four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. But it doesn’t sound like he’s particularly interested in reuniting with Wilson, and it doesn’t sound like he likes what he saw from Wilson on film the past two seasons.
During a recent appearance on Up & Adams, Canales shut down any possibility of Russell Wilson joining the team, and he had a pretty harsh assessment of the way Wilson played for the Broncos.
“This is not the situation for Russ,” Canales said.
"This is not the situation for Russ."@Panthers HC and former Seahawks QB coach Dave Canales on a possible reunion with Russell Wilson in Carolina. @TheCoachCanales @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/UheZk7LT5M
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) March 6, 2024
“What I will say about him is taking that chance and that opportunity to go to Denver, I really admire him for that. I really admire the courage it took to say, ‘I’m gonna branch out away from what I’m comfortable with.’ Certainly guys like me who was with him for all 10 years and the level of comfort that comes — I know exactly what he wants, he needs, what he’s gonna ask for, I can anticipate those things. He really gambled on himself to go and try to do something a different way to see what that can become. What it’s become, hey, the film’s out there but I really credit him for that.”
Those were some pretty harsh words there at the end, but nothing Canales said was unfair. After all, there’s a reason why the Broncos are taking an $85 million dead cap hit just to get rid of him.
