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Russell Wilson turned 34 years old in late November.
It's not an age in which a quarterback should be completely falling off. That's why the Broncos traded multiple draft picks and players for Wilson and gave him a five-year extension worth more than $240 million. The trade and the contract might end up ranking among the worst in NFL history. It's looking like Wilson's name will be forever cursed in Colorado for setting the franchise back multiple years.
Sunday's 51-14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams was a low moment for the Broncos in a season that has been miserable since Week 1. Wilson threw interceptions on each of the Broncos' first two series and both were completely on the quarterback. On one he overthrew a pass terribly, the other he threw it right to linebacker Bobby Wagner over the middle.
Denver's Nathaniel Hackett has had one of the worst rookie seasons of any head coach in NFL history, and it would infuriate the Broncos fan base if he's back for a second season. But firing Hackett might not solve the Wilson problem, which is glaring.
Russell Wilson continues to struggle
Wilson's start to the game was so bad, even Patrick Star was cracking jokes on the Nickelodeon broadcast.
Maybe the extreme blues at quarterback — their 2016-21 starters were Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch, Brock Osweiler, Case Keenum, Joe Flacco, Drew Lock, Brandon Allen, Jeff Driskel, Brett Rypien and Teddy Bridgewater — led to some desperate decisions. Either way, the Hackett hire, the trade and Wilson's contract look like an anchor that will drag the Broncos down for a while.
Wilson has been one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL this season. If you grade on the curve of how much money and resources was spent, Wilson has been the worst. When the Broncos acquired him, everyone in Denver was excited. The post-Peyton Manning quarterback blues were finally over. The Broncos would be a contender.
Broncos have embarrassing loss
The Broncos' defense didn't cover itself in glory either. That group has been good most of the season. On Sunday the Broncos made Mayfield look like a superstar. It's also hard to blame the Broncos' defensive players. It has to be hard to maintain an edge when you know the offense isn't going to help at all.
Mayfield was dealing. He was 18-of-20 for 185 yards and two touchdowns by halftime. Other than a few magical minutes in his Rams debut against the Las Vegas Raiders, Mayfield hasn't been good all season. The Broncos made him look great. Mayfield set a Rams single-game record for completion percentage, beating Kurt Warner's old mark. Mayfield finished 24-of-28 for 230 yards. He looked better than Wilson has at any point this season.
It's not a one-year problem either. Even if Hackett or general manager George Paton gets fired, that doesn't fix the Wilson issue. Whoever would take over as coach or GM would be starting in a huge hole that isn't going away soon.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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