Denver Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton has seen enough and is convinced Russell Wilson owes an apology nine games into the season. He feels so strongly about this idea that he posted a “Russell Wilson Apology Form” on his Instagram Story, which is now circulating on Twitter.
Wilson quietly regained respectability during the first half of the 2023 campaign after most national (and local) pundits predicted he was done. Many said he was no longer worthy of the Hall of Fame after a horrible season, which was his first in the Mile High City. As bad as ’22 has been, a change in coaching and philosophy seems to be doing wonders for DangeRuss so far this year.
In Monday night’s win over Buffalo, Wilson played an efficient game where he threw nearly 30 times with just five incompletions. He completed 82 percent of his passes with two touchdowns and no interceptions. This performance yielded less than two hundred passing yards for Wilson, but that doesn’t matter in a victory. In nine games, Wilson has thrown 18 touchdowns against just four picks.
With this win, the Broncos are more than alive in the AFC playoff picture. Although they currently sit in 14th place in the conference due to the AFC lockout, Denver is one game behind the Houston Texans, who sit in seventh place. The Broncos will face the Texans (5-4) in a few weeks; before that, they face the Cleveland Browns (6-3). The Browns currently sit in sixth place in the AFC. With Deshaun Watson out for the rest of the year, Cleveland could be ripe for the pick when they meet.
Ultimately, there’s still a lot of football left to be played, but the Wilson we’ve seen so far probably deserves a lot of apologies, especially from some people in the media. If he continues to play like this and Denver makes the playoffs, Wilson will have earned the apologies of everyone who said he was washed up. And the head coach of the Broncos, Sean Payton, might also deserve an apology or two due to the criticism he’s detected following the team’s slow start to the season. Let’s admit that maybe we were wrong about Wilson, Payton and the Broncos…maybe.