The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed former Tremendous Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson on a one-year contract.
The 35-year-old was a free agent because the Denver Broncos launched him simply two years after signing him in probably the most useful trades in NFL historical past.
The Steelers then agreed to commerce Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles.
“I used to be lucky to have a number of groups name, however that is the place I needed to be,” mentioned Wilson of Pittsburgh, who’ve gained a joint-record six NFL titles.
“To be a Pittsburgh Steeler, to put on the black and gold – it is a true honour. The custom, the historical past. There’s six [Super Bowl] trophies in there. We have to go get a seventh.”
In a 10-year stint with the Seattle Seahawks, Wilson gained the Tremendous Bowl towards Denver in 2014 and is one in all simply 5 energetic QBs to have began and gained the NFL’s championship sport, the others being Patrick Mahomes, Matthew Stafford, Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco.
Denver traded two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round decide and three gamers to Seattle in change for Wilson and a fourth-round decide earlier than the beginning of the 2022 season. He then signed a five-year contract extension worth $245m, external to 2029.
Wilson was touted because the long-term successor to legendary quarterback Peyton Manning, who retired after the Broncos clinched their third Tremendous Bowl in 2016, however he gained simply 11 of his 30 video games with Denver.