The Denver Broncos 2022 campaign has been an absolute nightmare, and one team legend claims it has only gotten worse with players being ticked off with the attitude, and the unusual perks that have been given to franchise QB Russell Wilson.
The Broncos enter Week 17 with the third-worst record in the NFL, and on pace to possibly have their worst season in 40 years. It is a shocking result for a franchise that had such high expectations heading into the year after acquiring Seattle Seahawks legend Russell Wilson in a blockbuster offseason trade.
What has made this season such a disaster is that the nine-time Pro Bowler is at the center of the team’s problems. While the defense has been one of the best in the league in 2022, the offense — led by the future Hall-of-Famer QB — has been atrocious. It has been so bad that following a 51-14 loss to the Rams on Christmas Day, first year head coach Nathaniel Hackett was given his walking papers by the organization with two games left in the season.
Over the last few weeks, rumors of Wilson’s poor demeanor and relationship with teammates has started to swirl, and NFL analyst Shannon Sharpe claims that and the weird perks the Broncos gave the QB after his acquistion has some Denver players “seething.”
Denver Broncos players allegedly seething over Russell Wilson’s weird contractual perks
After landing Wilson in a trade, the Denver Broncos gave the one-time Super Bowl champion some unique bonuses — like his own office in the team facility and a plethora of packings spaces — in the massive five-year, $242 million contract extension they gave him.
And it seems that, and the “attitude” he has had in the locker room has led to the relationship between the starting QB and some teammates to be in a bad place. So says Fox Sports analyst and Broncos team legend Shannon Sharpe.
“I don’t know who the head coach is gonna be, but the first thing you do [is say], ‘Russell Wilson, I’m locking this office. You will no longer have an office. All those parking spaces you get at the stadium, they’re gone too — because you’re putting yourself in front of the team.’ I said it before, I’ll say it again, and I stand by it: You ticked a lot of people off with your attitude, bro. You can come out here and talk about how we’re a team and I’m good with my teammates, but deep down inside, they’re seething, and I’m gonna leave it at that.”
Sharpe is well known for his brash, and often ridiculous, hot takes. However, there is reason to believe he is privy to rumblings from inside the organization considering his team ties to the Broncos. Furthermore, rumors of the deep divide between Wilson and the team over his attitude have been swirling for several weeks.
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