9-time Professional Bowl quarterback and former Tremendous Bowl champion Russell Wilson plans to signal with the Pittsburgh Steelers, league sources advised ESPN.
Wilson will signal a team-friendly, one-year deal wherein the Denver Broncos, who advised him final week that he can be launched, will wind up paying $38 million of his wage whereas he wears the black and yellow.
In a social media publish Sunday evening, Wilson wrote: “12 months 13. Grateful.” With it was an accompanying video of the Steelers and their followers.
12 months 13. Grateful. @Steelers pic.twitter.com/0U4Q2sRtXs
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) March 11, 2024
With permission from the Broncos since he was nonetheless below contract earlier than the beginning of the brand new league 12 months, Wilson visited with Steelers officers in Pittsburgh for over six hours Friday. He met with, amongst others, coach Mike Tomlin and new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. The 2 sides had a mutual curiosity that led to the one-year deal.
Wilson now heads to Pittsburgh with Kenny Pickett, the Steelers’ 2022 first-round decide, being the one quarterback at present below contract to the group. Mason Rudolph is getting into free company after beginning three video games for Pittsburgh final season.
Wilson, 35, was advised by the Broncos final Monday that they might launch him after the beginning of the brand new league 12 months Wednesday, ending a tumultuous two-season run wherein Denver went 11-19 in his begins and didn’t make the playoffs. He was benched with two video games remaining in 2023, ending the season with 3,070 passing yards to go along with 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
The Broncos signed Wilson to a five-year, $242.6 million deal after his arrival in a blockbuster commerce with the Seattle Seahawks in 2022. They are going to tackle an $85 million hit in lifeless cash over the following two seasons due to the discharge.
Wilson spent 10 seasons with Seattle, making 9 Professional Bowls and profitable a Tremendous Bowl in 2014. A 3rd-round decide of the Seahawks in 2012, he has thrown for 43,653 yards with 334 touchdowns and 106 interceptions.
Wilson was requested about his future through the “I Am Athlete” podcast with former Broncos vast receiver Brandon Marshall final month and mentioned profitable is his highest precedence.
“Over the following two years, I need to win two [Super Bowls], I need to really feel the nippiness of that trophy once more,” he advised Marshall. “I really like town (of Denver) and every little thing else, however you additionally need to be [in] a spot that desires you, too. The factor I need to do is to win, that is all I care about.”
He is loved profitable in opposition to the Steelers throughout his profession. In two begins in opposition to Tomlin and the Steelers, he is 2-0 with eight landing passes, no interceptions and a 147.1 passer ranking.
The Steelers’ 2024 schedule features a sport in Denver in opposition to the Broncos, which now might characteristic Wilson’s return.