“Let Russ cook” is quickly turning into “Let Russ ride into retirement.”
Former first-team All-Pro cornerback Aqib Talib called on quarterback Russell Wilson to call it curtains on his NFL career and transition to broadcasting.
“Do your TV thing, Russ,” Talib said on a recent episode of “The Arena: Gridiron.” “It’s over with, man. Once you’ve got to decide, do I even want to play? I think you don’t really want to play. I hate when guys get to the later part of their career and then they start doing the bounce-around thing and they’re not going to win. There was no chip in New York. That’s just going to be another stop on your résumé.”
Talib added: “Once you have to decide, it’s over with.”
Wilson previously told The Post’s Ryan Dunleavy he was weighing a contract offer from the Jets to be their backup quarterback to starter Geno Smith, but he’s also garnering plenty of interest from TV networks, with CBS reportedly a favorite for his services, should he stop playing.
The Chiefs also showed interest in Wilson, but opted to acquire Justin Fields from the Jets as their insurance policy for Patrick Mahomes, who is recovering from a torn ACL.
If Wilson chooses to go the television route with CBS, multiple reports have suggested that he would be an analyst on the pregame show “The NFL Today” after the position became available when Matt Ryan left to become the Falcons’ president of football operations.
Wilson’s career has really fallen off since he departed the Seahawks after previously looking to be on a Hall of Fame trajectory.
He may still see his plaque in Canton, but his last four years have seen him post career-worst quarterback ratings.
Wilson lost the starting job to Jaxson Dart while a member of the Giants last season, and sat on the bench of most of the season after the former Ole Miss star took the league by storm.
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