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Denver Broncos | Russell Wilson: Broncos said he’d be benched for second half of season without contract adjustment on $37 million guarantee for 2025

Russell Wilson on Friday said the Broncos approached him during the team’s bye week and informed him that if he didn’t agree to delay a contract trigger guaranteeing his 2025 salary, he’d be benched for the team’s final nine games.

The Broncos were 3-5 at the time but coming off back-to-back wins against Green Bay and Kansas City, the latter of which ended a 16-game losing streak to the division rival.

“We beat the Chiefs. They came up to me during the bye week, beginning of the bye week — Monday or Tuesday — and told me that if I didn’t change my contract, my injury guarantee, that I’d be benched for the rest of the year,” Wilson told reporters at his locker in his first public comments since he was benched Wednesday by coach Sean Payton.