Does Russell Wilson Deserve an Apology?
Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos have fought their way back to .500 after the team's win over the Vikings. Sports Illustrated hosts Robin Lundberg and Dakota London weigh in on the team's win streak and discuss whether Wilson deserves an apology from his critics.
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00:00 Do we all owe Russell Wilson an apology?
00:02 - Eh, maybe, no, no.
00:05 This is a results-based business, sir.
00:07 Y'all were one in five,
00:09 and you lost the game by 50 points.
00:11 Rolling around, riding around,
00:12 talking about some Broncos country last ride,
00:14 which is the most cringe line I've ever heard in my life.
00:16 So first of all, for me personally,
00:18 I'm gonna get jokes off with that alone,
00:19 until you're deserving of all the criticism you got.
00:22 I love the redemption,
00:23 I love that they've seemed to get their season
00:25 back in order by winning four straight.
00:27 So you deserve kudos for that.
00:28 But I'm not giving you an apology
00:30 when y'all looked decrepit and anemic
00:33 for the first five games of the season.
00:34 So no, I'm not giving you no apology for that.
00:37 - I think he is owed a bit of an apology,
00:39 not because he was criticized.
00:41 They deserve to be criticized
00:43 both at the beginning of this year and last year.
00:45 But it was a little bit OD.
00:47 It was a little bit disrespectful, in fact,
00:49 when you're talking about a future Hall of Famer here,
00:51 and people were trying to take back
00:53 his Hall of Fame credentials.
00:54 I think they were just waiting for their opportunity
00:57 to pounce on Russ,
00:59 because they didn't like his whole,
01:02 oh shucks, whatever it is, that attitude he puts out there.
01:06 The Broncos country, let's ride attitude, in fact.
01:09 So people were waiting his whole career to jump on him.
01:11 - Like, listen, you always think the grass is greener.
01:14 When he left Seattle, he thought by him going to Denver,
01:16 he had a better opportunity to win.
01:18 And when he was in Seattle,
01:20 he deserved all the praise that he got,
01:22 and because they were successful.
01:23 But once you leave that system and that safe haven,
01:26 and you come to Denver, and it's a hot mess,
01:30 yeah, you don't get criticized.
01:31 And people don't question if you're actually deserving
01:35 of a Hall of Fame jacket.
01:37 - Yeah, except for now we got a real coach again.
01:40 The person I'm really looking at sideways here
01:42 is Nathaniel Hackett, who was the coach of the Broncos
01:46 and made Russell Wilson look like a bum,
01:48 and now is the offensive coordinator of the New York Jets,
01:52 who have the worst offense I have ever seen.
01:55 It is a disgrace to the sport, the Jets offense.
01:58 If he wasn't buddies with Aaron Rodgers,
02:01 I don't know what people would be saying.
02:03 Everybody was up in arms
02:04 'cause Sean Payton was too mean to him.
02:06 I think Sean Payton has proven himself again
02:10 as a great coach, and as a result,
02:12 we're at least seeing that Russell Wilson isn't washed up,
02:16 and in fact, isn't the garbage he looked like last year
02:20 that everybody wanted to point last at.
02:23 - We don't even gotta go back to last year,
02:24 and this is the thing about being prisoner of the moment.
02:26 Yeah, Sean Payton looked great now,
02:28 but when y'all were losing by 50,
02:29 you didn't look the best, but it's fine.
02:32 Again, it's a result-based business,
02:33 and the current results are they're winning.