here uh
is a guy who takes no days off russell
wilson getting ready to become the
starting quarterback if you haven't
heard of the denver broncos otas have
begun nathaniel hackett new head coach
of the team
on what he wants to see from russell
wilson in russell wilson's first new
offense really
at any point in his nfl career other
than whatever that offense was in
seattle here's hackett
yeah i think it's all about just the
command of the system you know we want
to build this thing completely around
him make sure he's comfortable and watch
him come alive i think he did some
awesome things today uh utilizing his
athleticism at the same time being able
to uh just be a pure drop back
passer so i think there were a lot of
good things and we just got to keep on
developing that and just the integration
of the system and his uh feels with the
the rest of the team you know how he is
with the other guys wide receivers tight
ends and just get those guys all on the
same page
they're building the offense completely
around russell wilson and look there are
folks out there who just assume that
every offense in the nfl is built around
the quarterback it's not
it's not
certain offenses run through the
quarterback where the quarterback is
clearly the most important guy he's the
straw that stirs the drink for other
teams it's not the quarterback the 49ers
aren't running their quarterback yeah
it's not through it wasn't through jimmy
garoppolo they weren't going oh my gosh
we're just like yes you're right to your
point
and honestly it's a good conversation it
is i mean yeah it's only i think a rare
few that are really the seahawks didn't
no exactly didn't run their offense
through russell wilson that was the
problem exactly you're exactly right hey
the tennessee titans did they run it
through ryan tannehill no number one
seed in the aafc this past year no
definitely not you know i think you know
you look at the 49ers we brought them up
the eagles i don't necessarily look at
them as a team that's going running it
through jalen hurts no he's a part of
what they run which makes them different
running it through the guy
i mean even mac jones in new england
they're not running it through mack
jones they're running an offense and mac
jones is running that offense
what we're talking about what you're
talking about is like what josh allen
patrick mahomes where they go they're
doing crap and stuff that just
only they can do and it's all about them
and putting the pressure on you through
them all the time that's what you're
trying to say right right right
everything that is done offensively
is with the skills and abilities of the
quarterback in mind and you're only
running the ball as a change of pace to
keep the defense honest you are there to
maximize the talents and skills of the
quarterback because he's clearly your
best player on the team and he is the
guy that is going to make things happen
with his brain with his arms with his
legs whatever it takes that's the guy
that you have constructed this offense
to get the most out of what he does well
and to stay away from the things he
doesn't do well but you know what there
isn't much he doesn't do well which is
one of the reasons why the offense runs
through him that is hardly ubiquitous in
the nfl that is a handful of guys and
that's the point we make and when people
try i got a little pissy last night
people were pushing back oh they're all
they're all they all run the offense no
the patriots weren't running through the
offense through tom brady's the first
time you're telling on yourself that you
don't know about football if you think
they all
run every offense through the
quarterback no they don't i'm talking
about this is the guy this is the star
we're making it work
through
him that's what russell wilson has
wanted
and now he's finally getting it yeah
he's gonna get it there's no i mean
that's part of the reason he's there
like you says why he wanted out of
seattle denver knows that's why they
what they got him there and part of the
reason they got him there was hey
russell we'll do whatever the hell you
want and we'll talk about it and figure
it out and going to make it all fun and
let alone the receivers the talent they
have there so yes this was part of the
move for both sides here well player i
want an offense that's all in on me
core team that went we need a
quarterback okay and if he wants us to
go all in on him we want that kind of
guy let's go so that's where i want to
ask you mike what's more likely when the
broncos let russ cook
will it look like
you know
this good rust cooking
or will it look like
this
that's funny
you can go ahead and take that down
that's really that's really well done um
that's not well done actually
look at russ cook i think russ wants
that first one better he doesn't want
that damn medium rare steak
i was on radio in houston yesterday and
they asked me about the item in the
chronicle the houston chronicle the
newspaper of record in houston
chastising my grilling skills they asked
me for my response and my response was
now i know why newspapers are dying
right
here here's why the the broncos
are
doing whatever russ wants because of
this brock osweiler trevor simeon paxton
lynch
brock osweiler paxton lynch case keenum
joe flacco drew lock brandon allen jeff
driscoll
brett rippon phillip lindsey technically
started a game in 2020 and teddy
bridgewater and drew locke that's why
they want a star quarterback they have
not been to the postseason since peyton
manning walked off into the sunset
limped off into the sunset
uh and
this is what they're trying to do now
now will it work
let's find out
you know russell wilson fancies himself
as being every bit as good and effective
as patrick mahomes i don't think he's as
mobile as he used to be no i mean i
think that lack of mobility is going to
hurt him he's he's
he's thick
he's thick he is i mean he's he is don't
tuck in your shirt thick you know the
kind of like i i had a little too much
to eat over the holidays i ain't tucking
in my shirt when i go back to work on so
you know he's he's he's he's a big boy
now he is he's he i mean he's he's solid
and you look where his shoulders are
legs and a butt yes you're right you add
that armor to withstand the pounding you
give up some of your
mobility but he is definitely a big guy
he's in great shape he's a professional
athlete
but he is like a little mini block of
granite now yeah and and i just don't
think he's got that same ability to take
off like we used to see because we don't
we don't really see it he stays in the
pocket lingers in the pocket he doesn't
move like my homes he doesn't move like
josh allen and i i think there's a
balance there that they need to strike
if they want him to really be the straw
that stirs the drink of the denver
offense they need some mobility yeah i i
i agree and
i think that's a legit question i i
certainly you know would agree with that
assessment that over the last two years
and especially even last year that yes
it was not as mobile it was not quite as
dangerous when he broke out to run still
can move can make people miss but not
you know not to the extent of the two
guys you just brought up i mean i think
that that's fair i mean those guys are
the standard of the sport in my opinion
right now as far as making people miss
buying time you know in the back end and
really you know he's probably also been
passed up by joe burrow in that category
too because joe's amazing at making
people miss and buying time back there
too so
it's something to watch out and watch
for certainly because he's gotten to
that age where you got to watch for it a
little bit
and and you know that's one of the
dynamics with the
top 40 quarterback countdown an annual
thing
russell wilson began to slide not
because his skills were diminishing but
because he was being jumped
by younger guys who have right
a higher degree of overall skills than
he has so it's going to be a fascinating
chemistry experiment in denver
now that they're going to let him cook
can he get it done can he really make
that offense run the way that the guys
who truly have the offense run through
them make it happen
hi i'm mike tarico and thanks for
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