One day after predicting the Baltimore Ravens loss as the beginning of the end for the 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers, former NFL GM Mike Tannenbaum believes without a playoff win, QB Russell Wilson will be thrown on the scrap heap of veteran quarterbacks. But if Wilson can turn Pittsburgh around and lead them to their first postseason win since 2016, there’s big money on the other side.
“He’s looking at Baker Mayfield $30, $35 million a year as bonafide starter,” Tannenbaum said on Wednesday’s Get Up. “If not, he goes into that sort of like Jacoby Brissett, Case Keenum, sort of like that veteran backup player.