Broncos bench Russell Wilson (12/27 Hour 1)
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Mike Florio
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🗓️ 28 December 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Most of you know we made a change at quarterback and I understand all the speculation and everything that surrounds a move like that. |
| 0:14.0 | And I can tell you, look, |
| 0:18.0 | we're desperately trying to win and sure in our in our game today there are economics and all those other things but the number one |
| 0:31.2 | Push behind this and and it's a decision I'm making is to you know get a spark |
| 0:38.6 | offensively. Well that was the stunner yesterday from the Denver Broncos |
| 0:49.7 | announced earlier in the day confirmed by Sean Payton at his press conference |
| 0:54.0 | that's the final word from Russell Wilson last night God's got me looking forward to |
| 0:58.8 | what's next whoa which confirms it's over take away yeah it's over it's over take away. Yeah, it's over it's over and look when it initially came out yesterday |
| 1:08.2 | I think it was Ian Rappaport that said the Broncos are seriously considering benching Russell Wilson for the final two games. |
| 1:15.2 | The language is very soft, but still the takeaway was benching him for Jared Stidham and then Shefty follows that up with they're benching him for this effort to get a |
| 1:28.1 | spark in the offense and that's baloney I'm here to tell you the idea that they're doing this to get a spark in the offense is as |
| 1:34.7 | Chris as you would say bullshit that's not why they're doing it they're doing it |
| 1:39.1 | to get out of his contract and not get themselves in a predicament where they would owe him another 37 million dollars |
| 1:44.4 | fully guaranteed if he can't pass a physical by the fifth day of the league year that starts on March 13. |
| 1:50.7 | That's a given. |
| 1:51.7 | And for Sean Payton to say its performance related that |
| 1:56.6 | we're trying to get a spark that makes it even worse that's the ultimate vote |
| 1:59.8 | of no confidence in your franchise quarterback when has a franchise quarterback ever had the ball taken out of his hands |
| 2:06.7 | to give a spark to the offense? |
| 2:09.5 | Unless you're done with him. |
| 2:11.4 | You don't think he's a franchise quarterback anymore. You're |
| 2:14.1 | taking the ball out of his hands, he's not a franchise quarterback, therefore hit |
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