It is widely assumed that Russell Wilson will be cut by the Denver Broncos, and the Las Vegas Raiders could end up being the team that signs him.
An NFL executive told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that he thinks Wilson will end up with the Raiders if and when the Broncos decide to release him.
“[The Raiders] need a vet, and they are one of Wilson’s original teams he wanted to go to,” an NFC executive said. “He’d stay in the [AFC West], West Coast, and [Wilson’s wife] Ciara can do a [Las Vegas] residency [as a live performer].”
Back in 2021, when Wilson provided the Seattle Seahawks with a “wish list” of teams he would prefer to be traded to, the Raiders were one of four teams on the list. The Seahawks ended up trading him to the Broncos in March 2022.
Well, here we are in 2024, and Wilson will be headed elsewhere again, and Las Vegas is still in need of a quarterback.
The Raiders experimented with rookie signal-caller Aidan O’Connell this season, and while he showed some flashes, he is hardly what one would consider a stable presence for the club under center.
Las Vegas is slated to have a decent amount of cap room headed into the offseason (about $43.5 million), so it would certainly possess the financial wherewithal to add Wilson.
Wilson is coming off a solid season in Denver in which he threw for 3,070 yards, 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions while completing 66.4 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 98.
However, the 35-year-old was benched for the last two games of the season after he refused to defer his $37 million injury guarantee.
A potential connection between Russell Wilson and Davante Adams in Vegas would certainly be interesting. We’ll just have to see how things unfold this offseason.
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