The AFC North is ripe with solid quarterbacks, and the Steelers are set to add another big name to a division that already has Lamar Jackson (Ravens), Joe Burrow (Bengals), and Deshaun Watson (Browns).
Adam Schefter reports that Russell Wilson successfully traveled to Western Pennsylvania and will sign with the AFC North power.
Nine-time Pro-Bowl QB and former Super-Bowl champ Russell Wilson plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, per league sources. Wilson will sign a team-friendly, one-year deal in which the Broncos will wind up paying $38 million of his salary while Wilson wears the black and… pic.twitter.com/eqQC8w0tIK
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 11, 2024
The Broncos announced they released Wilson this week after trading two No. 1 picks and signing him to a five-year, $242.6 million deal before the 2022 season.
Denver went 11-19 with Wilson as the starter and failed to make the postseason.
Wilson’s release means the Broncos will take an $85 million salary cap hit in dead money over the next two seasons.
Pittsburgh can sign him to a team-friendly deal for the veteran minimum and continue adding weapons around him.
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