Wilson to ink a 1-year contract with Steelers

The Super Bowl champ Russell Wilson plans to ink with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

$1.2 million: how much the Steelers will pay to sign Russell Wilson

$37.8 million: how much the Broncos will pay Russell Wilson not to play for them pic.twitter.com/HlEYoIVbOG

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The quarterback will ink a 1-campaign contract for the veteran’s minimum, which is 1.2 million dollars. The Denver Broncos, who informed him that they will cut him, will pay the rest of Russell’s almost 38 million dollar salary while he plays for the Steelers.

The 9-time Pro Bowl quarterback shared on social media: “Year 13. Grateful.” The video featured Pittsburgh and their supporters.

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With permission from Denver, because Wilson is still under deal until the start of the NFL’s new year in 2 days, the QB visited with Steelers officials for almost 7 hours at the end of the past week. Russell discussed his future with manager Mike Tomlin and new OC Arthur Smith. The 2 sides were happy about the talks, and that led to the contract.

The veteran QB (35) was informed by the Broncos that he would be cut on Wednesday, ending a disappointing 2-year run with the franchise in which they didn’t make it to the postseason.

Russell Wilson is headed to the #Steelers on a 1-year, $1.2M deal.

His stats in 2023:

• 15 games
• 66.4% completion rate
• 3,070 passing yards
• 6.9 yards per attempt, 204.7 yards per game
• 26 pass TDs – 8 INTs
• 98.0 passer rating
• 341 rushing yards, 3 TDs pic.twitter.com/P6Qj6WOL2L

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