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Yahoo Sports NFL fantasy football takes on Russell Wilson
Every source-backed article insight STACKED has extracted from Yahoo Sports NFL about Russell Wilson.
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All Yahoo Sports NFL insights about Russell Wilson
NegativeDepth ChartSep 22, 2026
Russell Wilson spent the 2025 season with the Giants and made three starts before being replaced by Jaxson Dart. Wilson fell down the depth chart and became the third option behind Dart and Jameis Winston after suffering multiple injuries. Wilson is now a free agent and has paused his football career to join CBS Sports for its Sunday pregame show and co-host the show 'Set, Hut!' with Kyle Long, despite having received an offer to be a team's backup in 2026 according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Wilson had received an offer from the Jets to back up his friend and former teammate Geno Smith, who played behind him for three seasons in Seattle.PositiveProjectionSep 11, 2026
Wilson is cited as an example of a quarterback who defied expectations upon return from injury. Zach Allen noted that Wilson played in 2021 during his second game back from surgery to repair a ruptured tendon and fracture-dislocation in his middle finger, throwing for 207 yards against Allen's Arizona Cardinals and posting a four-touchdown game later that season. This supports the argument that elite quarterbacks return to full strength quickly.NegativeRoleSep 9, 2026
Russell Wilson, last year's opening-day starter for the New York Giants, is now a studio Nfl Network for CBS, indicating a significant role change away from active playing.NegativeRoleSep 6, 2026
Wilson was one of three new Giants quarterbacks added last year alongside Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston. The source does not provide additional details on Wilson's current role or status with the team.NegativeDepth ChartSep 6, 2026
Russell Wilson was signed by the Giants and initially moved ahead of Winston on the depth chart, but then swapped positions with Winston when Mike Kafka took over as interim head coach in the second half of the 2025 season.NegativeProjectionSep 6, 2026
The source draws a historical parallel between Russell Wilson's disrespect during the Seahawks' previous Super Bowl era and Sam Darnold's current disrespect; Wilson was patronizingly called a game manager and compared unfavorably to Andrew Luck, Colin Kaepernick, and Cam Newton, yet even skeptics acknowledged he was a dynamic playmaker who minimized turnovers and made clutch plays; the source argues Darnold faces harsher framing as a two-hit wonder despite similar or better underlying performance.NegativeProjectionSep 3, 2026
Wilson threw three interceptions, including one to former Seahawks teammate Bobby Wagner, in the Broncos' Week 16, 2022 loss to the Rams, contributing to Denver's poor performance against a Rams squad riddled with injuries.NegativeRoleSep 3, 2026
Wilson was signed in the offseason as part of an effort to stabilize the quarterback position for the present and future, though he did not start in Week 4 when Jaxson Dart took over the role.NegativeMatchupAug 30, 2026
Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks will face Aaron Donald's return to the Los Angeles Rams, ending a two-season reprieve from having to account for Donald sacking their quarterback. The source frames Donald's return as a significant threat to Wilson's performance.NegativeMatchupAug 28, 2026
In Super Bowl XLIX, Russell Wilson's pass from the one yard line was intercepted by Malcolm Butler, clinching the title for New England. The play called for a run route (a rub route) that the Patriots had noticed Seattle went to repeatedly in must-have situations near the goal line and were prepared to defend.NegativeRoleAug 18, 2026
Wilson scored on a four-yard option run in the third quarter and completed a 53-yard pass to Tyler Lockett late in the game before finding J.D. McKissic for a seven-yard touchdown with 1:18 remaining, bringing Seattle within 24-22. Despite his late-game execution, the Seahawks fell short in the rematch after beating Dallas 24-13 earlier in the season.NegativeBustAug 18, 2026
Russell Wilson is cited by Louis Riddick as a past quarterback failure and failed reclamation project that exemplifies the Steelers' ongoing uncertainty at the position; Riddick stated there is no end in sight for Pittsburgh's QB situation and pointed to Wilson alongside Kenny Pickett, Justin Fields, and other failed reclamation projects as reasons for concern.NegativeRoleAug 4, 2026
Wilson engaged in similar competitive red zone behavior during last year's training camp, establishing a precedent for the type of quarterback intensity the Giants organization tolerates and encourages.NegativeUsageNo date
Wilson led the Giants offense in Week 2 against Dallas, starting strong with a 13-3 lead and accumulating 450 passing yards. He threw multiple touchdown passes including one to Wan'Dale Robinson on fourth-and-four with 2:44 remaining and a 48-yard touchdown to Malik Nabers with 33 seconds left. However, he threw an interception to Donovan Wilson in overtime that sealed the Cowboys' comeback victory.NegativeUsageNo date
Wilson led the Giants offense in Week 2 against the Cowboys, starting with a 13-3 lead and throwing multiple touchdown passes including one to Wan'Dale Robinson on fourth-and-four with 2:44 remaining to put New York ahead 30-27, and a 48-yard touchdown pass to Malik Nabers with 33 seconds left to give the Giants a 37-34 lead. However, he threw an interception to Donovan Wilson in overtime that sealed the Cowboys' comeback victory.NegativeMatchupNo date
Russell Wilson threw 3 touchdowns against the Cowboys in 2025, exploiting their worst-in-league scoring defense.PositiveMatchupNo date
Wilson threw 3 touchdowns against the Cowboys' weak 2025 defense, which gave up 37 or more points four times and had the 3rd most yards given up in the league.NegativeMatchupNo date
Wilson threw 3 touchdowns against the Cowboys' defense in 2025, highlighting the Cowboys' defensive vulnerabilities; the Cowboys gave up 37 or more points four times and had the 3rd most yards given up in the league.