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Despite what was a very chaotic end to the season last year in Denver, Russell Wilson hopes to spend the rest of his career with the Broncos.
Wilson, who was benched for the final two games of last season, said he not only wants to return to the franchise next fall, but he has a goal to win two more Super Bowls before he hangs it up for good.
"I've got more fire than ever, honestly, especially over the past two years and what I've gone through," Wilson said on the "I Am Athlete" podcast on Sunday. "Whether it's in Denver or somewhere else, I hope it's in Denver. I hope I get to finish there. I committed there. I wanted to be there. I want to be there.
"For me, it's about winning. In the next five years, I want to win two. I want to feel the chill of that trophy again. I love the city and everything else, but you also want to be in a place that loves you, too. I want to win, that's all I care about."
Wilson was traded to the Broncos before the 2022 season after he spend his first 10 years in the league with the Seattle Seahawks. The 35-year-old, however, went just 4-11 in his first season with the team and then was benched for the final two games of last season over a contract dispute. He was 7-8 as a starter this past season. Wilson said that the Broncos told him he’d be benched unless he agreed to delay a contract trigger that would have guaranteed his 2025 salary.
The Broncos went 1-1 under Jarrett Stidham to close out the season, and they finished with an 8-9 record while missing the playoffs for an eighth straight season. Wilson threw for 3,070 yards with 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions last season while completing 66.4% of his passes in 15 games.
While Wilson is apparently willing to keep playing with the Broncos, it’s still unclear how the franchise feels. Broncos head coach Sean Payton — who insisted that benching Wilson was solely a football decision — said last month that the two sides haven’t closed the door on Wilson starting again next season in Denver. Once a decision is made, Payton said, Wilson will “be the first to know.”
"Otherwise it would have been like, 'Hey, goodbye,'" Payton said. "We'll look at all the scenarios and try to do what's best for the Broncos. But communication will be important, and that final decision hasn't been made."
Whatever the move is, both sides will have to make it soon. Wilson signed a five-year, $242.5 million deal after he joined the Broncos in 2022, though he has an out after the 2025 season. His $37 million injury guarantee for the 2025 season becomes fully guaranteed in March, too.
If the Broncos truly want to avoid that and move on from Wilson, it'll have to happen in the next few weeks. While it’s unclear what the franchise wants to do, Wilson has now made his position known.
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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