On Christmas Day, the game I did get to sit down and watch was the Denver Broncos at LA Rams. If I was a Denver Bronco fan watching Russell Wilson play every Sunday, I’d lose my mind. Wilson looked like hot garbage out there on the field. I’d sell off my season tickets and turn the channel to watch the Avalanche or the Nuggets. I feel like this move bringing Russell Wilson would only happen to the Chicago Bears. The Bears franchise touches a quarterback & it turns into stone. It sucks to be Broncos fans because of what the team gave up to get Wilson in the Rocky Mountain high state. Then the guaranteed money you have invested in a guy that the team put on a pedestal like some Lord of the Manor. The Broncos threw their new hire at head coach under the bus firing Nathaniel Hackett as he does not even finish his first season. I question that hire in the first place. Hackett and only 4 others since the NFL merger in 1970, were fired without completing the season in their first year. Things in Denver could get even uglier as Wilson has lost the locker room.

Let’s face the facts that the Seattle Seahawks fleeced the Denver Broncos in the Russell Wilson trade. The Broncos gave two first round draft picks, two second rounders, and a 5th rounder. I’m not done as the Seahawks got three players in the deal as well. The Seahawks got a quarterback, Drew Lock, a defensive end in Shelby Harris, and a tight end in Noah Fant. Then the front office gave Wilson a 5 year deal worth 245 million and 165 of that is guaranteed money. Then the front office gave Wilson his own office. What the hell does a player need an office for? Then Wilson gets the rock n roll parking spaces at the facilities. If I was John Elway, another moron that could not find a quarterback if it was right under his nose, I would look in the mirror. It’s not Elway’s job these day as the hottest seat in the league who thought this trade was a good idea is George Paton. Both Elway and Paton should be fired and I don’t care if one was a legend for this franchise. Horse teeth and Paton should be on the next bus out of town. This deal might be compared to the Herschel Walker trade in 1989 with him going to Minnesota from Dallas and the Vikings gave the Cowboys all those picks to build a dynasty. Another stupid trade was the Saints who were led by Da Coach Mike Ditka when New Orleans gave up all their draft picks to the Redskins in 1999 to draft running back Ricky Williams. Pete Carol has to be laughing himself to tears watching this all unfold.

When the Rams with Baker Mayfield are leading the charge, you can see on the sideline of the Broncos the players don’t want to protect Russell Wilson. The Broncos back up quarterback Brett Rypien had words to the Broncos offensive line especially Dalton Risner.

Risner did not like the comments, pushed Rypien, and players had to hold him until he calmed down. Russell Wilson has been sacked 49 times this season. Wilson was sacked a lot in Seattle but always found a way to score points. Seattle Seahawks’ starting quarterback Geno Smith has been sacked only 39 times. That tells you both offensive lines for both teams suck. At least Seattle has extra picks in next year’s draft to fix their problems.

Denver Broncos fans probably had a instant hard on when the news broke that the team was able to land Russell Wilson. Most people ignored what they gave up to land a guy that took Seattle to two Superbowls. I thought Wilson would get the Broncos an instant ticket to the post-season. In ten seasons in Seattle, Wilson was very durable as he played 158 games throwing 292 touchdown passes with only 87 interceptions while completing 65% of his passes. At the age of 34, people thought he was younger than Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers who are still trucking away in the NFL. Wilson’s record as a starting QB in Seattle was 104-53-1 which is incredible. It’s like Pete Carol did a switch and put Geno Smith in Russell Wilson’s body, while Wilson is actually in Smith’s body. It is mind boggling that Wilson is 3-10 as the starter this season completing only 60% of his passes and has only 12 touchdown passes with 9 interceptions unlike his Seattle’s numbers.

What do you do now if you’re the Denver organization? The team now needs a new head coach. Do you trust that boob George Paton to find a better guy than Nathaniel Hackett? Hackett is like the Josh McDaniels. McDaniels rode the coat tails of Tom Brady while Hackett rode the Aaron Rodgers coat tails. I think the Broncos have to fire the GM. Can Russell Wilson find his old Seattle self starting next year? If the Broncos cut Wilson it’s lot of dead money lingering for years on the salary cap. Can you find another team to take Wilson? The Broncos will never get back what they gave up to get Wilson. The team may have to pay most of Wilson’s salary if they find another team to take him. Do you scrap most of the team, get rid of all the haters in the locker room, and build freshly around Wilson? Is the Broncos mess such a big dumpster fire that the only thing that would smolder the flames is running Wilson out of town. I would turn Russell Wilson’s office into Les Nessman’s work space on WKRP.

Wilson could pretend to have walls. I think Denver is in for some really hard times with all that draft capital gone. The salary cap restrictions if Wilson is cut, traded, or if he continues to under-perform on the field. How many players will want to jump ship playing for a divided locker room and for the lord of the manor? How many players would want to jump on board as free agents to join this soap opera in Denver. No wonder someone titled a movie, Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead. It may be the story of the 2022 Broncos.