Twitter is Having a Field Day After Russell Wilson’s Plane Activities

The sports world couldn’t believe the latest story told by the Broncos quarterback about his trip across the Atlantic.

Almost everyone that’s been on a plane before has seen some questionable behavior from their fellow passengers, but few can say how they would react if they were trying to sleep when they saw an NFL quarterback doing high knees in the middle of the aisle. 

That’s the exact scenario that Broncos players found themselves in with Russell Wilson during their eight-hour flight to London this week. 

Speaking to reporters in Harrow, England, on Wednesday, Wilson willingly offered up information about his discourteous plane behavior as evidence that his recovery from a hamstring injury was going along swimmingly. The nine-time Pro Bowler broke down his personal flight plan by the hour, saying he began with two hours of watching film before getting some physical work in.

At that point, while most of his teammates were sound asleep, Wilson walked up and down the aisles, did high knees and went through other treatment on his legs for a shockingly long four hours.

“The next four hours I was doing treatment on the plane,” Wilson explained. “I was walking up and down the aisles. Everyone was knocked out. I was doing high knees and working on my legs end everything else, making sure I was ready to rock. So that was good.”

The 33-year-old did mention that he was able to catch some shuteye, but just for one hour before getting back to–you guessed it: watching film.

Here is #Broncos QB Russell Wilson describing his routine on the 8-hour flight. He talked about high knees. I believe he did treatment and leg work for chunk of time. Not sure it was four hours of high knees. If it was, then damn. #Denver7 pic.twitter.com/J34iZX5sde

— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) October 26, 2022

While everyone in the sports world patiently waits for one of Wilson’s teammates to leak what’s surely hilarious footage, many media members and fans took to Twitter to weigh in on the hilarity of the quarterback’s latest story. 

Russell Wilson on the team plane 🙄pic.twitter.com/rKSW8wf7ki https://t.co/uBMqyarJYe

— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) October 26, 2022

Russell Wilson on the flight to London: pic.twitter.com/qn71l31bzh

— Jake Shapiro (@Shapalicious) October 26, 2022

Can one of these team physicians please explain to Russell Wilson that sleep would probably help him more than high knees in the aisles https://t.co/pghOBtap57

— Tanya Ray Fox (@TanyaRayFox) October 26, 2022

Russell Wilson as his teammates are trying to sleep on the 8 hour flight. https://t.co/ppaBLg8qa6 pic.twitter.com/kDddQNdeb6

— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) October 26, 2022

Russell Wilson's teammates on the plane. https://t.co/97ptYoZeww pic.twitter.com/aqmAbiUMk0

— Brendan Sugrue (@BrendanSugrue) October 26, 2022

We've reached the stage of the season where Russell Wilson is doing high-knees on the plane and Nathaniel Hackett is getting asked about his job status. There was so much hope on Sept. 12 and now we're here.

Longest. 45. Days. Ever. #BroncosCountry

— Will Petersen (@PetersenWill) October 26, 2022

Russell Wilson time and time again shows he knows how to win over his teammates. https://t.co/JdMfhi8oIz

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 26, 2022

POV: You're on an eight-hour flight to London and you see Russell Wilson running down the aisle pic.twitter.com/VDo5Bd1Jv8

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) October 26, 2022

Russell Wilson, who never wastes a waking minute, said he did high knees in aisle of plane during Broncos flight from London. Inspired, I did burpees on media bus back to hotel after practice. Did not say I did them well. Mad respect for DangeRuss.

— Mark Kiszla (@markkiszla) October 26, 2022

Wilson will need to hope that his in-flight workout helps him on the field as he eyes a return to action in this weekend’s game against the Jaguars. The former Seahawks quarterback hasn’t gotten off to a strong start in his first season with the Broncos, having thrown for 1,442 passing yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions through six games. 

Denver currently boasts the league’s worst scoring offense, having managed just 14.3 points per game headed into Week 8. Wilson–now freshly stretched–will hope to right the ship beginning this Sunday against the Jaguars.

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