The Seahawks suffered another frustrating loss yesterday because they couldn’t stop the run. It’s not helping our mood that Seattle also got jobbed by the officials twice in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter.
Fans who are looking for a silver lining should turn their attention to Denver, where Russell Wilson continues to bomb the Broncos into bad losses. The latest came against the lowly Panthers, dropping their record to 3-8 on the season and pushing Seatt’s top 2023 draft pick up to No. 4 overall.
Wilson put in yet another awful performance, posting only 142 passing yards, one touchdown and a 29.1 QBR. He now ranks No. 30 in the league in that stat for the season, but that’s not even the most embarrassing number.
According to Doug Kyed at Pro Football Focus, Wilson’s grade for the year is 62.7. That ranks No. 22 of the 24 quarterbacks who haven’t been benched yet this season – and even lower than four who have.
There are 24 Week 1 starting QBs who have not been benched or replaced. #Broncos QB Russell Wilson ranks 22nd among those 24 QBs with a 62.7 @PFF grade.
Wilson also ranks lower than four QBs who were already benched this season.
— Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) November 28, 2022
Yikes.
In no universe would this actually happen – but to illustrate how bad and long-term the problem is for Denver – if the Broncos hypothetically were to cut Wilson before next season they’d be on the hook for over $100 million in dead money.
Wilson has to play his way out of this, or this will go down as the worst this-aged-poorly star QB contract of all time.
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