As the Denver Broncos and Russell Wilson each issued their divorce statements Monday afternoon, the long-expected answer to their shared future spurred a series of questions about their individual paths.
Whom will the Broncos find as their next starting quarterback? Where will Wilson play in 2024? Will Wilson start? And how long will it take for any of these answers to arrive?
“Very, very interesting and rare situation,” one NFL agent texted Monday.
It’s rare enough for a team to release a quarterback before even one year of a five-year extension pans out. The Broncos are choosing to saddle themselves with $85 million in dead salary-cap space over the next two years rather than continue forward with a nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback who was healthy enough to play the entirety of last season.