Wilson's next team?

[toffee]

Can Wilson find employment? Where?

 

[Appyhawk]

I don't think he is ready to retire, but I also think he is too proud to sign up as a backup. So he very well might be sitting the bench at home waiting to hear from someone who has their starter go down. One way to try to predict that is to make a list of teams with a poor offensive line.

 

[Ruminator]

Hmm. Wonder how he'd look in Seahawk blue and grey.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Hmm. Wonder how he'd look in Seahawk blue and grey.

Reported.

 

[toffee]

I don't think he is ready to retire, but I also think he is too proud to sign up as a backup. So he very well might be sitting the bench at home waiting to hear from someone who has their starter go down. One way to try to predict that is to make a list of teams with a poor offensive line.

I am basing on PFF's final 2024 regular season OL ranking (https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-offensive-line-rankings-2024)

1. #32 New England
   The Patriots' offensive line held this ranking from start to finish; they were projected to be the worst offensive line in football and failed to defy expectations. Sixteen players logged snaps for the Patriots' unit, and only three earned PFF overall grades above 60.0 in 2024.
   
   New England's front five earned an 80.1 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating, which ranked 31st in the NFL. The group allowed 222 pressures — including 33 sacks — on 641 pass plays.
   
   
2. #31 Hawks
   Charles Cross and Laken Tomlinson played all 1,094 snaps on the left side of the Seahawks' offensive line, but there were a lot of moving parts on the rest of the unit. For example, center Connor Williams retired during the season and right tackle Abraham Lucas was not available until Week 11.
   
   The Seahawks' offensive line finished dead last with an 80.0 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating after surrendering 233 pressures — including the second-most sacks in the NFL — on 670 snaps.
   
   
3. #30 Bengals
   Despite throwing resources at the position, the Bengals' offensive line continued to underperform. Of the seven offensive linemen who played more than 150 snaps for the Bengals, none earned PFF overall grades above 65.0 in 2024.
   The Bengals ranked 27th in the NFL in PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating (82.7) after allowing 220 pressures — including 30 sacks — on 724 passing plays.
   
   
4. #29 Houston
   Not only did none of Houston’s young offensive linemen manage to improve, but some showed signs of regression in 2024. Out of the 11 players who logged snaps on the Texans' offensive line, eight earned PFF overall grades below 65.0 this season.
   
   The offensive line gave up 180 pressures — including 33 sacks — on 663 pass plays, leading to a 22nd-ranked 83.9 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating.
   
   
5. #28 Titans
   Due to good play from rookie left tackle JC Latham and a late-season emergence from 2023 first-round pick Peter Skoronski, the Titans took a step forward from being the worst offensive line in football. However, there is still a long way to go until the unit can be considered even average.
   
   From Week 10 onward, Skoronski earned an 85.4 PFF pass-blocking grade, which led all guards in the NFL over that period. He gave up only eight pressures on 349 snaps over that span.

Got to be one of them?

 

[onanygivensunday]

Being the attention hog that he is, he'll retire and then shortly thereafter, he'll come out of retirement to backfill an injured starter.

 

[toffee]

The Steelers seem very unlikely. They were bidding for Fields's service until he signed with the Jets.

 

[Palmegranite]

Justin Fields didn't exactly light up the turf last year, or any year, really. I wonder what happened to the other "close to tipping into retirement" QB Aaron Rodgers?
Wasn't he annointed the Steelers new quarterback last week?

 

[MyrtleHawk]

Giants.

 

[Sperrydogg]

I think the giants. Will the titans take Cam Ward? Browns will take ward or Shadeur cause they’re the browns. So then the giants probably won’t get a qb so they should take a lineman or something and pick up Russell

What about Dallas?

 

[Aircrew]

Hmm. Wonder how he'd look in Seahawk blue and grey.

I just threw up a bit.

 

[warden]

The last four years of Russell’s career he has played for four different coaches on three different teams. Not one coach wanted him after the year was over. All three teams have sent him packing.

 

[Torc]

I don't think he is ready to retire, but I also think he is too proud to sign up as a backup. So he very well might be sitting the bench at home waiting to hear from someone who has their starter go down. One way to try to predict that is to make a list of teams with a poor offensive line.

This should be added as an option to the poll. Joining a team to save the day (in his mind at least) is right up his alley. And it's not like he has to learn a new offense - he'll be playing his own special offense regardless.

 

[flv2]

Maybe players will learn that it's better to take the guaranteed money from your previous contract and sit for a year rather than expose yourself at minimum wage. Wilson could have earned more working for tv last season. That might have better rehabilitated him or made him more enticing to a GM in 2025.

 

[RiverDog]

Being the attention hog that he is, he'll retire and then shortly thereafter, he'll come out of retirement to backfill an injured starter.

Yeah, that's a possibility, like the ultimate drama queen, Brett Favre.

I do think that he wants a gold jacket and realizes that he needs another ring or league MVP to get over the hump, so I don't think he retires. But the list is getting shorter.

 

[James in PA]

I find it hilarious that Russ has to wait on Erin's "decision." Whoever doesn't land Erin has to settle for Russ.

 

[WmHBonney]

The UFL is about to start their season....

 

[Scout]

If Wilson was smart he would sign with a team with that has a starting QB with an injury history.

 

[Sperrydogg]

I find it hilarious that Russ has to wait on Erin's "decision." Whoever doesn't land Erin has to settle for Russ.

That’s crazy. Russ is gotta have a little magic left

 

[Sperrydogg]

If Wilson was smart he would sign with a team with that has a starting QB with an injury history.

Dallas