I would argue that Baltimore's offense is customized to take advantage of Lamar's strengths, as much as it is about his limitations.

What is being suggested here is to tailor the offense specifically around Russ' weaknesses because he really doesn't have any strengths.

We’ve seen this before. In fact recently. The Falcons traded Matt Ryan and are paying over $40 million in dead money this year (yikes!).

They could do what the Texans did with Brock Osweiler and pull an NBA cash dump trade. Basically another team with a lot of cap space buying a high draft pick. And it does make sense for a team like the Texans who will almost assuredly get Bryce Young.

You don’t want to throw that kid out there day 1 and Wilson’s cap hit next year and the year after is very team friendly, especially with Denver paying for the guarantees.

Also they do have by far the richest owner worth $60 billion. $80 million is pocket change for him, though him spending that would likely get Paton fired bc we all know wealthy people hate setting money on fire as much as we do.

But realistically if I’m Denver I look hard at coaches to see if this can be salvaged. As much as Russ has stunk, I think that their roster deficiencies and Hackett are a huge piece of the problem.

They’re not gonna try to get rid of Russ so quickly. They’ll see if this works at least 1 more year.

NOBODY is trading for Russell Wilson.

Elway hung that albatross around the Donkeys neck for 3-4 years.

They are destroyed.

THANK YOU JOHN ELWAY! ROFL

Dude, this is more than 2x the cap space. It's not like 40mm and 85mm are remotely in the same ballpark.

No team is going to use their cap space to get Russel Wilson even if they included some draft picks which of course the Broncos don't have enough of because of this trade.

Can we get an update on this?

Winner!

Still true today. Should have said last place instead though lol.

Second place must seem like a fever dream to them now.

They sure as hell finished in 2nd place in that trade.

THE CHIEFS HOMERS HAVE WON THE PENNANT! THE CHIEFS HOMERS HAVE WON THE PENNANT!

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This aged like fine wine.

:)

I believe I was in 2.

It cost a lot, but quarterbacks cost a lot and in light of that, the return wasn't unreasonable.

Where I felt like the Broncos really screwed the pooch was the extension. They took the value in the trade and immediately set it on fire. And they did so without seeing how Wilson would even transition to a new team.

So yeah, i think 2 works.

I was definitely 3. He was pure garbage down the stretch in Seattle and has declined further since

Knowmo, any word on how the Paton Plan is progressing?

I did say he was more Tannehill than Rodgers.

So I'm gonna say 2.5.

I'm renaming him Private Pyle

Wilson was NEVER going to be worth 2 firsts, 2 seconds, plus other players and picks. Group 3 was easy money.

You have face ****ed Dildo Joe into oblivion over the last few years. I’m not sure he even exists anymore.

*salutes*

On a personal level, I truly love an overrated, cornball, grifty **** like Wilson receiving his comeuppance.

A lot of apathy about the Seahawks around here, TBH. They made a great move getting rid of Russ at exactly the right time, but the Seahawks are now pretty much just a middling team without any future at QB, which is hard to get excited about. Russ' years here were a huge bright spot for a team that never really did much, and now it looks like they're back to the norm.

Better than being a putrid team without any future at QB...

And the draft/cap capital they've accrued as part of the deal allows them to build a foundation while looking for the next long-term solution at QB. With the way QBs age these days, they can reasonably expect roughly average QB play for the next 3-5 years.

That's a pretty long window to find the next option.

Wilson's best play as a QB is so front-loaded in his career (when he was playing on loaded teams) that it's crazy anyone thought he was worth the equivalent of 3 first round picks or so at age ~33

Then there's this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Russell Wilson already has $39M guaranteed next season. Any kind of significant injury that would not allow him to pass a physical in March would guarantee another $37M. At some point the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Broncos</a> probably have to consider pulling him as starter</p>&mdash; Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_OTC/status/1712654823286350123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Well at least you aren't the Saints. They have an unprecedented amount of cap issues looming. They are $87 million over the cap and are stuck with Derek Carr.

They're in the worst possible place of any team IMO

I think Saints fans are just happy for the Brees years. They’ve been mostly a terrible franchise, but got the HOF QB for a bit and cashed in with a Super Bowl.

They’re probably kind of like most Royals fans. We’re amazed we saw our team win the big one once, and we’re used to being bad.

Bronco fans aren’t used to this, which makes it funnier.

And yet, they still deserve worse.

They aren't the Saints *yet.*

Payton will create those same cap issues for the Broncos, too.

It appears the Broncos are going to come to grips with their suck (or in the Saints case, mediocrity) far sooner than NOLA did.

Things like moving on from Chubb and looking to move on from Jeudy suggest they're unlikely to get themselves in THAT tight of a bind.

I mean, until Sean Payton gives Taysom Hill another $15 million as the missing piece of the puzzle or something...

Trade vs swindled has been answered