Over the past several years, Russell Wilson has been one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the entire NFL. But if he parts ways with the Denver Broncos this offseason, it sounds like he’ll be willing to take a much smaller contract with whichever team he signs with next.
This week, NFL insider Jeremy Fowler reported that Russell Wilson could be willing to take as little as the veteran’s minimum for the 2024 season, especially after the Denver Broncos pay him everything he is still owed from his contract with them.
“Everybody I’ve talked to around the league expects the Denver Broncos at some point around the new league year in the next few weeks to rip the band-aid off and release Russell Wilson even though they owe him $39 million in guaranteed money,” Fowler said Sunday on SportsCenter according to Bleacher Report.
“But they can start new, he can go sign somewhere else. The feeling is he’ll sign for considerably less, maybe even the league minimum, because he’s got all that money in hand guaranteed. And so, he’s going to have options. The feeling I get from talking to teams and scouts is that he’s still an NFL starter, there will be a job somewhere for him.”
It would be a pretty shocking move for Wilson to voluntarily take such a small contract, but it could help him land in a better spot.
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