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Originally Posted by DRM08
So Denver will be paying Russell $30+ million in 2024 to play for someone else. That's pretty funny.
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Pretty sure that was always the plan. Paton never liked Russ. Russ doesn't fit his scheme at all. To his credit, he worked around Russ' failings as much as he could, and Wilson went from the 44th best QB in 2022 to whatever he is now (7th in Passer Rating 2023?). But Russ was always probably going to be cut after this season, DEN would pay $30+ million to do it, because 2024 was the earliest they could cut him with the least burden, iirc. The only way Russ was going to stay was if he somehow transformed himself into a pocket passer with elite timing in 2023. Call it a 1% chance.