Dan Patrick: Russell Wilson Should Want Trade To Bengals After Benching For Jaxson Dart | 9/25/25

Dan Patrick: Russell Wilson Should Want Trade To Bengals After Benching For Jaxson Dart | 9/25/25

the Giants situation. Uh Jackson Dart will get the start against the Chargers. We asked the question yesterday, if you’re Russell Wilson, do you ask the Giants to release you or can you be traded to the Cincinnati Bengals? Now, Russ is going to say all the right things. He is. Have you ever gone to HomeGoods and you see those signs that those things you can put up in your house like faith and family and fun, live, laugh, love, eat, pray, love. Like Russ is sort of a bumper sticker. One day at a time. Yeah. Whenever he says something, it it it’s kind of like he took it off a bumper sticker. And he did that yesterday when he talked about if he uh would seek a trade. Here’s Russ. No, I’m focused on helping this team win. You know, I’m focused on helping Jackson. I’m focused on me getting ready um to be the best version of me today on a Wednesday. Um and so, you know, I want to be here. You know, I love this organization. I love the process of it all. Um I love the guys in the locker room. Um I’m not giving up on this on us in this season. Okay. I think you talked about two things. Gratitude, attitude, and he’s going to be a good backup, which he will be. But if you’re Russ, the Bengals need help. You still want to play. You’re playing your way out of the Hall of Fame in some people’s eyes. Now, I think he’s a Hall of Famer. It’s It’s weird. This became a big story yesterday on the mothership about Eli and Russ. And I’m thinking, okay, how much do you value what you do in the postseason? How much do you value what you do in the regular season? Because if Russ completes the pass or hands the ball off to Marshon Lynch, then he’s a no-brainer. Absolute no-brainer. But it’s weird that Russ is playing his way out of the Hall of Fame. Matthew Stafford played his way into the Hall of Fame. Matthew Stafford has one Super Bowl win and so does Russ. Russ went to another one. Russ was a 10time Pro Bowl quarterback. when it meant something to be a Pro Bowl quarterback. Matthew Stafford was a Pro Bowl quarterback once, but it’s what have you done for me lately? And Russ has not played well the last couple of years. But I I know we get, you know, Eli’s going into the Hall of Fame. Eli’s going into the Hall of Fame. He was very durable. He played over 200 consecutive games, but he’s getting in because of two postseason runs. You beat the Patriots and Tom Brady and Bill Bich, you’re going in. You win the MVP in both of those. Now, I would argue the defensive line should have been the MVP. They don’t give it to a group. It’s like I I argued for the Denver Broncos when they beat the Green Bay Packers and uh with Terrell Davis. That offensive line won that Super Bowl, but you have to give it to an individual. So Eli has two MVPs and he won two Super Bowls and he beat Brady and Bellichic. I understand that. Is Eli a better quarterback than Russ? No, not in my opinion. Um he I think the problem was and and having been on the field when Russ was leading the Seahawks down to beat the Patriots, the Patriots had no answer for him. I thought Russ was unbelievable that night. Did it come down to an offensive coordinator and a head coach who wanted Russ to be the MVP in the Super Bowl and not Marshon Lynch? If you believe that with the play call with Daryl Beville and uh you know with with Pete calling that play or agreeing to that play and then all of a sudden he throws the interception. But if he completes the pass he’s in the Hall of Fame, there’s no argument. He there wouldn’t be he would have been the MVP and they would have won two Super Bowls with him. But it’s that postseason. What have you done for me? What do you do in the biggest games? Well, I can look at it. It’s just like when we get into Jordan versus LeBron. Well, Mike won six. All six. Well, what happened all the other years? Uh well, you know, but but he he didn’t lose a Super Bowl. Okay. But LeBron went to a lot more NBA finals than Mike. Like I have to value that. There is value of getting there. It’s like we dismissed Jared Goff going to a Super Bowl. Yeah. But okay, but he still got there. Like we pick and choose. And Eli Eli was not the best player on the field in either of those Super Bowls, but he did come up big in a couple of moments. And throughout he only had two postseason runs. So durable average, you know, as far as statistics, regular season. But if you know, you want to put in both, good. I have no problem with that. But I I I you can’t dismiss what somebody does during the regular season because you need something happening during the regular season to get you into the postseason. And Russ was a Pro Bowl quarterback 10 times. Yes, Eden. That’s why I don’t think it’s fair the way that that Super Bowl interception is categorized. He didn’t make Russell Wilson didn’t make a mistake. He didn’t throw the ball poorly. He didn’t overthrow it and it went to Malcolm Butler. Malcolm Butler made a better play. He Russell Wilson threw that ball perfectly. Malcolm Butler just made a better play and that happens. That shouldn’t be a negative on Russell Wilson’s career necessarily. I understand it’s an interception, but it wasn’t his fault. He made the right play. He made a good throw. Somebody just made a better play. Yeah, Paul, Eli Manning took the New York Giants to the playoffs six times in his career. He never won another playoff game except for those two runs. Uh Russell Wilson took the Seahawks to the playoffs nine times. Well, Russ was overshadowed by a Hall of Fame coach and an incredible defense, incredible secondary. Uh but you know, Russ has been a great story. You’re not a high, you’re not a first round or second round pick. Eli was number one overall. Like Russ beat the odds. So if I’m Russ, I want to show that I can still play. I want to show that I can win. And you can be an attitude and gratitude guy with the Giants, but your attitude gratitude should be I want to play for the Bengals. Yes, he Yeah, Russ, he’s not a bad guy. He might be a little awkward. Yeah. You know, but he’s not a he’s not a bad person. He doesn’t He’s not mean. He’s just kind of a awkward dude sometimes. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I know. Yeah. Right. I I appreciate we’re all just trying to be the best version of ourselves that we can today. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. How about some attitude and gratitude from you, Todd? Sure. That’d be nice. I wanted to add to Satan’s point with the like I know he’s not Aaron Rogers Russell Wilson, but anyone who debates whether Russ should get into the Hall of Fame with one Super Bowl or two Super Bowls and how close he was to getting that two Super Bowls, that would be very foolish to say, well, he’d definitely be in if he had the second Super Bowl because of that one play. And with one, I don’t know, maybe I’d lean towards not letting him in. Okay. I had a former quarterback tell me this yesterday cuz I’m saying, help me understand, you know, Jackson Dart and he said, “You got to fill up the stands. This is a home game. That’s why they’re starting him. They want they want the the stadium packed because that’s the bottom line for an owner. You want Jackson Dart in there, everybody’s going to be excited. Let’s not waste his debut on the road in New Orleans. We want to put him in there in a home game. And I said, “Okay, explain to me what Russ was doing on a on final possession where he’s throwing the ball where it can’t be caught. no chance where and he said the older you get you start thinking about your legacy and the numbers and you don’t want to throw an interception. Russ has one of the best touchdown to interception ratios in the history of the game. And he said it’s weird that you start thinking about your stats a little bit more. Whether that’s true or not with Russ throwing it away. I he didn’t even give his receivers, he didn’t give neighbors a chance to get this, but the Bengals need help. Russ isn’t going to cost you anything. And if you’re Russ, you know, you got Jameus Winston backing up uh Jackson Dart now, you can move on and maybe it’ll come to that. But Russ can’t say that publicly. He has to say that privately through his agent. Hey, can we work something

Dan Patrick discusses the New York Giants decision to bench Russell Wilson for rookie Jaxson Dart and explains why he thinks Russell Wilson should want a trade to the Cincinnati Bengals