Denver paid Wilson the final $37.79 million it owed him last year. That represented their share of the $39 million guaranteed he was owed for 2024. Pittsburgh somehow scraped together the other $1.21 million.

If Russell Wilson had gotten his way, he would still be on the Denver Broncos for many more years to come. Wilson's contract was unveiled in a recently unearthed law suit between NFLPA and the NFL.

The NFLPA's collusion grievance indicates Russell Wilson's ask for a fully guaranteed Broncos deal had ramifications