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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Because Russell is old and the one quality that made him dangerous, his legs to extend plays, are no longer a weapon. And he’s going to get older. And older.
Because once Wilson’s contract really kicks in you now have $50m less to spend on support players.
Because the only way to make this work is either let Russell be Russell and piss off every teammate. Or force him to get in line which probably gets you in a deshaun Watson situation where you pay $50m to a guy who will sulk and drain and pout for 4 years. No coach is fixing that.
And not only do you not have draft picks because you traded for russell. You lose even more picks trading for Payton.
It’s a disaster.
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You make a very valid point in the draft picks lost BUT it is a QB driven league and Russell's problem is not his legs because he still has them IMHO.
But no coach worth his salt is going to want to go to a team with no QB. I think Sean would relish working with Wilson and set him up with an offense that best suits him. Wilson and Brees are very similar QBs. Both are short with big arms that can scramble. Wilson not only had no WC timing experience BUT even worse he knew Hackett was in over his head and Wilson had no confidence in him. Now with that being sad, Wilson made the mistake of thinking everything was just going to come together very easily and it didn't for various reasons, one big one of which not working with WRs in the offseason prior and absolutely no pre-season play.