I will miss him in the 4th quarters for sure. ANYWHERE in the Red Zone. And probably after every time we take a sack.
The guy is really into himself. Makes sense. If you had the life he had, you would probably believe most of what he says too. Cannot dispute it.
I knew someone that was connected to the NC State team. Shared all about him. Wilson did what Wilson wanted to do, even back then.
But he was shrewd and calculating, some of what was shared with me didn't make sense then but does now.
I always thought Wilson was a bit of a narcissist. But he won football games. So who cares?
We won, for the most part, initially because the LOB/Defense could shutdown anyone and combined with Lynch + Wilson - we were near unstoppable.
A lot of his former teammates did not like him. Most, in fact. That is telling. But we don't need to like him or want to hang out with him. We need him to win football games. He WAS VERY GOOD at this.
Now, part of this was defenses were not used to QBs like him. As more guys like him, Mahomes, etc play defenses adjust. And you have seen that even Mahomes had his challenges. But he was an extremely difficult challenge for opponents to overcome.
Pete will be able to do what he wants now, but he won't have that cushion that Wilson afforded. And the weird magic that offset all the missed plays was probably worth it.
However, spilt milk and all...he is gone. So if you want to see if he was legit, we will see in Denver. Same thing with whether Pete can muster a playoff team consistently without him.
I will miss the fireworks and incredible plays. I won't miss the weird stuff off the field and that incredibly annoying sense of self importance (though admittedly he earned the right to do that).
We were still lucky to have had him.