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The Valenti Show

Russell Wilson Benched | In Football Today

The Valenti Show

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4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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David and Mike discuss the biggest stories in the NFL today.

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0:00.0

And we are going to start in Denver. This is definitely proof football related.

0:04.8

And I think everyone was shocked to hear the news yesterday of Russell Wilson getting

0:09.8

benched. But it's more than that because eventually he will get cut according to the Washington Post

0:15.6

The Broncos previously threatened to bench Wilson for the rest of the season if he did not agree to

0:21.7

rework his contract to address the injury guarantee.

0:25.6

He is guaranteed 37 more million dollars if he's on the roster after March 17th. This was, this happened after the Broncos upset the Chiefs on October 29th.

0:38.0

So way back then, they asked him that, and then they went on a winning streak and continue and they're still in a

0:44.2

playoff hunt. Well that's the thing. So you ask this guy for financial purposes

0:49.0

we're going to bench you because we're going to cut you but we still want you to

0:51.7

lead us into battle every Sunday

0:53.6

and put us on a playoff trajectory.

0:55.8

Then the minute that goes away, we're back to benching you.

0:58.5

All right, so we've arrived at he's getting released.

1:07.7

I want to say I'm stunned. I'm not. We talked about this. The new ownership group did not sign this deal. And the new ownership group brought in

1:12.2

Sean Payton. You could tell from the very brought in Sean Payton.

1:13.0

You could tell from the very beginning, Sean Payton did not like Russell Wilson.

1:16.0

They are willing to have, what, 45 million dollars of dead space next year?

1:21.0

Correct.

1:22.0

My question will be, who the hell's their quarterback?

1:25.1

I mean, Payton must feel like he has an endless runway.

1:28.4

But if you're Russell Wilson, where does he end up next year, David?

1:32.9

That's a great question.

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