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All right, here we go, semi instant reaction. I had to speak to a USC grad class today, so I was really interesting kids, and did that for an hour, a little over an hour. So I came out of the class and I heard the news the Denver Broncos had released Russell Wilson, which saves them thirty seven million, but they still have about eighty five million in dead cap money, which is like double the most ever. And I think that was I believe that was Matt Ryan
Falcons when they moved off him. So you're gonna have to hit on some draft picks the only way to ease the pain. And remember the NFL did come in give everybody a thirty million more dollars in cap space. That helps, and hitting on four draft picks that could players start, that helps. But for a year, it's going to be pretty ugly. Let's first start about blame. Who to blame? Well, Sean Payton needs to win games, and Russell Wilson wants to find a landing spot. Those guys
are not in the blame game. They're in the turn of the page game, and I don't blame them. Their energy is going to be Russell Wilson wants to find a better team. I think Pittsburgh's perfect. You cannot be in a division with Joe Burrow twice a year, Kevin Stefanski and DeShawn Watson twice a year, and Lamar Jackson and John Harbaugh twice a year with Kenny Pickett, can't go. Look at the Vegas odds, Steeler's near the bottom of the NFL. I think you roll the dice, you go
with Russell Wilson. His maturity and devotion and commitment is what the Steelers need. Offensively, it's they got some receivers who I really like, but they're a little young, limature, they're ready to go, and their offensive line is okay, not special, and Russell Wilson is still mobile enough to avoid some of that stuff. So I think it works. I think the culture and the person Ellen Pittsburgh is good.
They don't have a trigger guy, they don't have a quarterback, and in the AFC, you're not going anywhere unless you have a star, even if it's a declining star. You got to have a star to win games. So I think Russell Wilson will do just fine. Denver's gonna probably go get out a JJ McCarthy or a bow Nix. I will tell you Denver schedule. They get the NFC South,
that's the good news. The bad news they also face the AFC North, so they are at road games next year for Denver beyond facing Harbaugh, Justin Herbert and the Chargers, beyond facing Mahomes and Andy Reid and the Chiefs. They go to Baltimore. Yeah, Raven's pretty good. At home, they go to Joe Berwin, Cincinnati, two New Orleans and Derek Carr, to Tampa and Baker Mayfield, Rogers and the Jets, and
to Seattle. That ain't great for a rookie quarterback. Now the home schedule, they get Atlanta Carolina at home, but Pittsburgh, Cleveland Colts at home. Now they have the schedule. They don't know when the dates are, but those are some tough road games. Those are harsh environments, going toe to toe with really good quarterbacks in many instances, Aaron Rodgers, Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson. There's some l's there,
Mahomes once, Justin Herbert once with Harbaugh. You know, I just I think maybe I wasn't like this in my twenties. But as I've aged, pointing fingers doesn't solve anything. Listen, you want to point fingers, you could point to the Broncos GM George Payton. He gave up two first two second round picks. I think he gave up three players and maybe a fifth round pick. He also hired Nat Hackett,
and that was a complete disaster. Many believe he hired Nathaniel Hackett because he tried to get Aaron Rodgers and when he couldn't rustle in, Nat Hackett's off as just didn't work. So he has created eighty five million a dead cap. He gave up a lot of draft capital, he picked the wrong head coach, and Sean Payton's got
to pick up the pieces from there. But you know, I don't think George Payton, and I do respect the job he's done mostly, but you can only have so many big whiffs, and Hackett and Russell that's a big whiff coach quarterback league whift on both so and I don't think Russell would have You know, people can get all over Sean Payton this thing. Sean and Russell were not going to work. But what coach would you really need to work? I mean, after Nat Hackett bombed, who
wanted the job? Ask yourself you would have a rookie coach? Would he have worked with Russell Wilson? I mean the personnel is what it is based on what you were paying Russell Wilson and what you surrendered in the draft. There were some limitations here. So I think Sean Payton will figure it out. But I think if Russell Wilson went to the Steelers, he'll have a better year than JJ McCarthy or bow next with the Broncos. I don't
think there's any question about that. So year two feels like, you know, Sean Payton just getting out from under Russell Wilson player. Now he has to spend another year getting out from under the dead cap hit in a division with Justin Herbert Harbaugh, Pat Mahomes, Andy Reid. That is a big, big hill decline. But I've never felt and I said this, I know Sean Peyton well enough, after twenty interviews with him and a dinner with him and spending time with him and talking to him, I just
never felt he and Russ. That's why I thought it was strange when he took the job. I just I didn't think it was a job. He wanted the Chargers job initially, but I think the Denver owners have a lot of cash, came in, wrote a big check, and it's hard to look the other way. I get it, but this was never going to be easy. Sean is a very direct, very authentic, very opinionated person, and you know Russell is hopelessly optimistic, and he is a declining quarterback.
And there are some psychological factors when a quarterback gets older. He wants his money, he wants his protection. And I don't think Russell ever felt supported by Nat Hackett's in comp or Sean Payton's brewed lawnsty and so I didn't think it was a good fit. So let's move on and start over. I still think Russell Wilson has several good years in him. He's not a disaster, he's not washed. He just needs the right pieces. And you know I've
been saying this for years. Pittsburgh's personnels. I mean, they have all the things you need. They have weapons on the outside. Offensively, they have a run game, and they have speed on the perimeter. They have a pass rusher, they have playmakers on defense. They're not great at corner. Nobody outside of maybe the Jets and the Chiefs is great at corner. We have a corner shortage in the NFL and elite corner shortage. So and once again, it's
a great NFL draft for wide receivers. It's like the fourth straight draft, great wide receiver draft, not a great corner draft. So that you just that problem will be exacerbated. You're just gonna have more great receivers and fewer great corners. But I tend to think we can sit and point fingers at this stuff. Denver's in the AFC. They got
to go find their next quarterback star. And history tell you if there's five quarterbacks taken in the first round, one's going to be a hit, two are gonna work kind of, one's going to be a bust, and one or two won't be as they won't get a second contract and so you know, I'll say this. I think outside of Caleb Williams, the rest of these quarterbacks will be as good as the place they land. So I think if it's bo Nix or JJ McCarthy, I think both can succeed with Sean Payton both. I think JJ
McCarthy's got a better arm than bo Nicks. I think BO Nicks has far more college starts and is more accurate than JJ McCarthy. But it just depends on what you like. Uh, JJ's a little taller, I think in my opinion, bon Nicks is. I feel like he's kind of elusive the deep ball. I take JJ McCarthy accuracy, I take bo nicks experience. I'd take Bo next. I think JJ McCarthy may have a higher ceiling, Bonicks a little lower ceiling. But it could be that bw Nex
has a higher floor than JJ McCarthy. So I think both those guys that would be a perfect place to land. I don't think Michael, though I love the way he throws, I don't think Denver would take the risk on him being his injury history. They got to get this thing right, and I just feel like bo Nix works for that offense. Accuracy, experience,
kid that's been around. He carried Oregon at times, whereas JJ McCarthy felt sometimes not to be unfair, but like he was carried by Michigan's O line, run game coaching and dominating defense. So I think that's the direction they'll go. Jarrett Stidham can start for the time being. He's capable,
he's okay. That's obviously not the future. It does matter, though, that the rookie quarterback is going to come into a system where you know, they pay like twelve million bucks for Jarrett Stidham, so he's going to take some snaps. You know, Stidham got some snaps this year. He'll probably
start the season. I could see absolutely. You get a JJ McCarthy or a bow Nicks and you're like, listen, we're earmarking Thanksgiving, and you know, Stidham struggles with a tough schedule that includes trips to Baltimore and Cincinnati and Kansas City, and you know, I could see the jarretts that I'm struggling, and then Sean Payton saying, all right, it's week seven, Week six, let's go with a kid. I'm fine with that too. But in the end, it was a big swing by Denver. I was surprised how
bad the Russell Wilson nat Hackett combination was. I just remember the first game that he played in Denver and they went to Seattle to face the Seahawks and they couldn't figure out the clock with two minutes ago. It was like, oh, oh, we got a coordinator, not a great one, trying to be a head coach. This isn't going to work. So and I think you've seen that in New York with Nat Hackett and Zach Wilson. So it happened. We can point fingers. I think it was inevitable.
I don't think the personalities clash. You don't have to be best friends with your quarterback. Belichick and Brady reportedly didn't have a dinner in twenty years. You don't have to be best friends. But I think Russell maybe the most optimistic player in the league, and I think Sean Payton on the other end, is the most authentic and raw and outspoke in the league. So I mean you have a chasm there of personalities. Whereas Belichick and Brady
are both intensely driven workaholics, work over everything else. They were kind of on the same plane and in the same direction for years. I think Tom's a little more joyful and easier to be around. Builds a little more old school, but a lot of things. Brady and Belichick were very similar on their ascension, their drive, their work ethic, and their commitment to the sport. Sean and Russell. You couldn't pick a more optimistic quarterback, maybe Kirk Cousins, and
a more raw coach than Sean Payton. It's oil and water. It never worked. That's okay, don't need to blame anybody.
It's okay.
Shawn's won a Super Bowl.
So is Russ.
They've both won Super Bowls. They're more than capable. George Payton, on the other hand, I would be surprised if he has a lot of tarmac left. You Whiffin a coach, You Whiffin a quarterback? Eighty five mil dead cap. That's going to leave a mark that lingers and remember this division now negat Andy Reid and Jim Harbaugh and pretty good coaches, pretty good coaches. Instant reaction. There You have it more tomorrow on FS one and iHeartRadio the volume.
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