When the Denver Broncos acquired Russell Wilson in the offseason, the team knew that he was going to bring a new personality to the franchise. And while Wilson puts sincere effort into the whole leadership thing, he’s absolutely elite at making that leadership look super cringey in the process.
Let the mic’d-up footage from Week 1’s game between the Broncos and Seahawks be the latest example of that.
As the Broncos were on defense, Wilson made a point to let the whole sideline know to shout “run or pass” in order to help out the defense. Like, it wasn’t just one time. He simply wouldn’t stop telling any player who crossed paths with him to shout “run or pass.”
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha pic.twitter.com/Sv1N5g33MH
— Leader with cable (@SullyChiefs) September 20, 2022
“Come on. Commit to it!”
Of course, the Broncos defense almost certainly could not hear whatever the sideline shouted during an actual NFL game. It’s why they have signals and in-helmet mics. But Wilson needed the defense to know that they were engaged and helping out even if it was a totally symbolic effort.
As expected, fans had plenty of jokes for this video.
This was how Twitter reacted
Bronco defenders when they don’t hear run or pass from Russ: https://t.co/6imW3ZwUEY pic.twitter.com/INY2v89iPY
— Peanut Gallery Sports (@PGSportsBanter) September 20, 2022
Further proof that Russ is, without a doubt, the biggest dork in the NFL today. https://t.co/7882pR6oZC
— The Artist Formerly Known As YinzerGritty (@YinzerGritty) September 20, 2022
Russell Wilson exudes metric tons of middle school football coach energy. https://t.co/eGtBX8oyji
— Unmistakable Latin Flavor (@UrinatingTree) September 20, 2022
This team exists for comedic relief. https://t.co/Byp4dHiPvG
— Pranav Sriraman (@PranavSriraman) September 20, 2022
Mr. Unlimited! https://t.co/Mr7pzfOlou
— Jeremie Poplin (@jeremiepoplin) September 20, 2022
The Strength and Conditioning coach on Friday nights: https://t.co/eIuj66Q5uc
— Cory (@realcorykinnan) September 20, 2022
Warm up guy at comedy show…
“Chuckle Hut, how we feeling tonight?”
“Oh come on you can do better than that!! How we FEELING TONIGHT??” https://t.co/Qk14NQAvqz
— Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) September 20, 2022
“NOW, WHO’S READY TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR FINANCES WITH A SMALL INVESTMENT IN HERBALIFE!!” https://t.co/P9MsO4sVhX
— Steve Kt (@SteveintheKT) September 20, 2022
Russ has overachieving seventh grade quarterback energy. https://t.co/JBNdaTS5P2
— Adam Best (@Arrowhead_Adam) September 20, 2022
Hey, sideline, let em know run or pass or NO ORANGES AT HALFTIME https://t.co/FrSmhnJuIi
— Duke (@DukeDFS) September 20, 2022
This is like when the little league baseball team is told to yell “back” every time a pitcher throws first https://t.co/flfJNyfYWf
— Chris Rose (@ChrisRose) September 20, 2022
The Broncos defense when they hear Russ yell pass on 3rd and 15: https://t.co/B0I4QXdIZB pic.twitter.com/IZreFyCkun
— Colton Phillips-Koch (@koch_colton) September 20, 2022
He’s changing the culture one “run or pass!” at a time.
