Russell Wilson and NFL QB Desperation. Plus, a Big Picture Luka Chat With ‘The Wonder Boy’ Author Tim MacMahon.
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What are the implications of Russell Wilson's contract with the Giants?
On today's episode of the podcast, we're going to start just talking a little bit about the Russell Wilson contract, what it means, concerns I have for the Giants, and the Giants signing backups. And really, should you be doing that? Because there aren't a lot of backups to pick from. So the depth there, at least, is good for New York. We'll look at the backup market in general. The Wonder Boy, Luka Doncic, the book is out this week. The author, Tim McMahon, will go over all of the prequel stuff to how this trade actually happened. And what we hear a retort from Brian Windhorst on their podcast. And life advice. It's March. It's 2025. Where is your backup quarterback awareness for the NFL? Mine is locked in right now.
I was looking at a list the other day, and I was like, man, that list seems bleak. Still a few moves to be made. I don't know if it's just in the moment going, that doesn't look good, where if I did the exercise every single March, every single year, I'd be like, that doesn't look good. But this just feels bad. We're going to get to some of the backup quarterback options here in a second, but let's start with a starter. I guess, and that's Russell Wilson to your New York Giants. So the deal was first reported as one year, 21 million. That's not going to happen. It's 10.5 million guaranteed. The incentives are going to make him a few million more if he plays every game, if he wins a bunch of games.
But to make the full 21, the stuff that I was looking at this morning, again, a lot of this stuff is very misleading on the headline. It looks good for the agent. It looks good for the player. But like, hey, 20 million for Russ. You're like, yep. He would have to win, I think, like every game and then make the playoffs. And if you go undefeated, chances are you're going to be in the playoffs. So clearly he's going to make a few million more. I would imagine he is the starter based on him deciding to sign there, even though James Winston was just signed for two years and like eight million base. So when you just look at the numbers, you're like, OK, Wilson, clearly the priority. And then still the scenario of whether or not the Giants would take a quarterback is
with their pick at the top of the first round. So why would the Giants do this? Because I've seen a couple of different theories and let's try to explore all of them. Is it because of the lack of quarterback depth around the league? Because it feels like every year a couple of guys get hurt. There's a very repeated talking point of there's just not enough quarterbacks, right? There's just not enough quarterback. I just feel like right now and then coming off of the anticipation. So I shouldn't say coming off of this draft because it hasn't actually happened, but we already know this is not the greatest quarterback draft. The depth of actually guys who are going to be taken, it's just not the same as a lot of other years.
So are we seeing teams more desperate to sign some names to become a backup? Or in this case, the Giants quarterback rumor, it's like, let's just... Bring somebody in here, at least at one point from a talent perspective, we'd like to flamed out somewhere else as a first round pick or Russell Wilson, who, you know, let's get to the debate on who he is right now. At least there's something there. As Eric Mangini told me once, he was talking about, I think it was Matt Castle. We were sitting there on the show and we were thinking about different quarterback options. And he said something that I'll never forget. Mangini was like, you know, at the very least, when you're desperate, The tiebreaker is, has this guy actually ever done it before?
How will the Giants address their backup quarterback situation?
And for Wilson, we know the resume, even if it's heading in the wrong direction. So the old saying goes, because right now the Giants have two quarterbacks and with the draft, they could have three. If you have two quarterbacks, you have zero. It's a really clever line. It's also kind of stupid because I'd rather have two than zero. I think all of us would rather that.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the implications of Russell Wilson's contract with the Giants?
0:10–3:23
2
How will the Giants address their backup quarterback situation?
3:23–32:42
3
What led to the Luka Doncic trade?
32:42–35:22
4
What concerns surround Luka Doncic's fitness and preparation?
35:22–43:40
5
How did Nico Harrison's relationship with Kobe influence decisions?
43:40–1:09:39
6
What role did Mark Cuban play in the Mavericks' recent decisions?
1:09:39–1:29:07
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