I have never liked the image and popularity contest crap in sports. Content of character matters and this Brain Bosworth type BS just doesn't fly. To me RW was way more trouble than he was worth. He proved to be better than what we needed but that just hid our short comings for way too long. We really should have cut ties a year or two after the SB loss. He is an amazing player that won games we should have lost but is incapable of becoming an elite QB of Brady or Peyton's level. You can't fix short.
With politicians all we can do is write our congressman. With sports we have a venue to voice our disapproval.
Not sure I understand the Brian Bosworth reference here. Bosworth was a brilliant self marketer, loved the episode where he arranged to sell "Ban the Boz" T-Shirts in Denver while he owned the company selling the T-Shirts! Tons of Denver fans booing him while wearing his "Ban the Boz" T-shirts, and Bosworth was loving it! For more background, check this out:
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/...z-t-shirts-to-denver-broncos-fans/53720#53720
Bosworth as a player was a damn good player when *healthy*, good team guy, won a Defensive Player of the Week award for his performance against the Bears. Sadly, his "healthy" sample size was way too small, as his shoulders couldn't stand up to the NFL. Just try tackling the great Bo Jackson with one arm when the other arm is too injured to function...
Bosworth was irreverent and funny, not being burdened with the pressure of being the face of the franchise like a starting QB is. Bosworth worked on his brand also, but his body let him down. I don't see a parallel between Bosworth and Wilson. If anything, Richard Sherman would be the far better comparison to Bosworth and his brand-building. Sherman's body held up long enough to have an outstanding career, helped by having far fewer run-ins with 300-lb offensive lineman.
The other major difference is that Bosworth marketed himself as the villain, while Wilson markets himself as a the good guy hero.
