Russell Wilson Should Sign For Minimum Contract - As Rodgers' Jets Backup!? Laughable ESPN Proposal

Russell Wilson Should Sign For Minimum Contract - As Aaron Rodgers' New York Jets Backup!? Outrageously Laughable ESPN Proposal

Sometimes, you think you know somebody on ESPN has just said something outrageously ridiculous because ... well, you just feel it.

But this time, as former New York Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum is offering up a bold proposal for former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to leave the Denver Broncos to accept a minimum-wage contract to serve as the backup to the Jets' Aaron Rodgers?

You know it's outrageously ridiculous because when Tannenbaum says it, the other panelists can literally not hide their shock and scorn.

Tannenbaum suggested Monday on Get Up that Wilson should sign with the Jets for $1 million to be Rodgers' backup, making the absurd comparison to the time in 1998 when the his Jets signed a 34-year-old Vinny Testaverde.

"I actually have experience with this!'' Tannenbaum said.

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But no, he does not have experience with this. Testaverde was acquired that year, after being cut by the Browns, to start in New York - not to be a big-name backup. When Testaverde signed with the Jets, he was battling with Glenn Foley for the starting job ... not with a four-time MVP like Rodgers.

That is not this.

.@RealTannenbaum wants to see Russell Wilson playing for the Jets 👀 pic.twitter.com/iMxbdgXHBy

— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) February 19, 2024

Tannenbaum insanely insists that this move would "resurrect'' the career of Wilson, somehow failing to realize that at age 36, spending a year not playing while Rodgers gets all the snaps would "resurrect'' nothing.

Watch the video and tell us if - as the other panelists make fun of Tannenbaum, with what sounds like cameramen and staffers off-camera can't help but laugh - you don't feel a bit sorry for the ex-GM. ... who might be trolling or who might be out of touch ... but who is without doubt ridiculous.