I would be shocked if anyone thinks Stidham is going to be better than what Russ was this year. I doubt any player believes that in fact many have stated how productive he’s been. I kind of like Stidham tho in limited action so who knows
Sweet!
At this point, I think all Payton is looking for, is a QB who'll do what he's told & not try to override his authority.
Where do you get that the problem was Russ trying to override Payton?
It depends on how we evaluate Russell's season. It's unlikely Stidham matches Russell's TD/Int numbers, but it would not shock me if he leads a more efficient offense. Better overall efficiency could translate to more wins for the Broncos. And unfortunately for Russ, he's 11-19 as a starter with Denver, so he doesn't have a track record to fall back on with that group of guys.
They can release him before that and "designate" it post June 1 to split the dead cap over 24/25
Ex-players are understandably sensitive to the front office vs player contract scenario. They're all latching onto the threat angle, which I doubt was delivered as a threat, but even if it was--it isn't a violation of any kind and happens every year around the league
I think Wilson improvises too much for Payton's liking. Wilson can't run the plays SP draws up, but part of me thinks Wilson isn't trying to run the plays either. I think that's more of the reason why Payton yells at Russ so often. That's just my speculation.
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It would make no sense for Wilson to nit try to run the plays. When he was in Seattle, he complained that the offense was too bland. Then we got Waldron who runs the stuff we do now (Russ wholesale rejected Waldrons playbook). And the whole time, Wilson had insinuated that he'd love to play for Sean because of the offensive genius he is.
I stand corrected. A Post Jun 1 cut designation apparently stops future guarantees from kicking in between the date its announced and the actual Jun 1 date. I thought the Broncos couldn't use the Jun 1 designation because Wilson's 2025 salary would become guaranteed. I was wrong.
This is why numbers are dangerous with this sport. They don't tell the full story. There's no "times he refused to throw the ball to an open receiver to escape an imaginary pass rusher" statistic, or "amount of organizational doom caused" statistic. We can only condense so much into one easily-tracked number when it comes to football.
No argument there, heh. Guilty.
You'd believe he can run the offense better if you watched him in preseason. He didn't light things up (it was preseason), but in some of his last series, he showed that he's got something different than Russ... in a way that Payton will likely embrace.
