Does Russell Wilson suffer from “toxic positivity”? That’s what former NFL offensive lineman Mark Schlereth said recently, subsequently becoming a storyline in and around the Pittsburgh Steelers. Some have accused Wilson of being fake, presenting a stiflingly optimistic attitude that beggars belief.
Schlereth suggests that he also surrounds himself with fake positivity—a crew of yes men—that delude him into mistaking his abilities. But Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wonders if in coming to Pittsburgh, he has escaped the toxicity: his coach.
“One thing that always struck a chord with me about Russell Wilson’s tenure in Denver was, Sean Payton went out of his way to make things difficult with that relationship”, he told Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise on 93.