{"id":19819,"date":"2025-01-26T02:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T02:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19819"},"modified":"2025-01-26T02:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T02:11:21","slug":"report-shocking-favorite-emerges-to-sign-russell-wilson-as-their-new-quarterback-for-the-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19819","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Shocking Favorite Emerges To Sign Russell Wilson As Their New Quarterback For The 2025 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new odds-on front-runner has emerged to land quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/russell-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Wilson<\/a>\u00a0if he leaves the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0and enters free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Steelers signed Wilson to a one-year deal worth the veteran\u2019s minimum following his release from the Denver Broncos. Pittsburgh GM Omar Khan also acquired 2021 first-round pick Justin Fields in a deal with the Chicago Bears to complete the QB room makeover.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Wilson was certainly playing his way toward an extension after helping Pittsburgh improve to 10-3 following a Week 14 home win over the Cleveland Browns. But the Steelers inexplicably dropped their final four regular season games before getting crushed 28-14 by the rival Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Bovada sportsbook, the Steelers remain the favorites to have Wilson on their roster come Week 1 at -325. But if Wilson doesn\u2019t re-sign with Pittsburgh, the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u00a0are the the front-runners to land him at +250.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Where will Russell Wilson play week 1 of the 2025 NFL season?<\/p>\n<p>Steelers -325<br \/>\nRaiders +250<br \/>\nTitans +750<br \/>\nGiants +750<br \/>\nColts +750 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pwVq8hgITc\">pic.twitter.com\/pwVq8hgITc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bovada (@BovadaOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BovadaOfficial\/status\/1882858217895821705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wilson revealed on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d earlier this week that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BaO50wbIU-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the two sides<\/a>\u00a0have discussed a contract extension, though he wouldn\u2019t elaborate much.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson revealed on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d earlier this week that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BaO50wbIU-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the two sides<\/a>\u00a0have discussed a contract extension, though he wouldn\u2019t elaborate much.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-russell-wilson-can-still-start-in-the-right-system\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Russell Wilson Can Still Start In The Right System<\/h2>\n<p>Wilson certainly isn\u2019t an elite quarterback anymore, but his production the last two years proves that he\u2019s still a capable starter. He\u2019s thrown 42 touchdowns and just 13 interceptions since 2023 with a passer rating of 95.6 or higher each year.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old can still produce in a game manager role, but he can\u2019t be relied upon to completely carry a franchise the way he did in his final years with Seattle. The right coaching staff and supporting cast need to be in place for him to be effective.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A new odds-on front-runner has emerged to land quarterback\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0if he leaves the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0and enters free agency. Last year, the Steelers signed Wilson to a one-year deal worth &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19821,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819\/revisions\/19821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}