{"id":894735,"date":"2026-05-18T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/894735\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:27:18","slug":"former-nfl-star-tells-russell-wilson-to-retire-its-over-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/894735\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL star tells Russell Wilson to retire: &#8216;It&#8217;s over, man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet Russ cook\u201d is quickly turning into \u201cLet Russ ride into retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former first-team All-Pro cornerback Aqib Talib called on quarterback Russell Wilson to call it curtains on his NFL career and transition to broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo your TV thing, Russ,\u201d Talib said on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tJYQeEu2iW4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recent episode of \u201cThe Arena: Gridiron.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s over with, man. Once you\u2019ve got to decide, do I even want to play? I think you don\u2019t really want to play. I hate when guys get to the later part of their career and then they start doing the bounce-around thing and they\u2019re not going to win. There was no chip in New York. That\u2019s just going to be another stop on your r\u00e9sum\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.31113956;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39413258\" width=\"774\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/new-york-giants-quarterback-russell-112056605.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson responds to questions from reporters after football practice.\" class=\"wp-image-39413258\"  \/>Russell Wilson has a tough decision to make this offseason. Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Talib added: \u201cOnce you have to decide, it\u2019s over with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/06\/sports\/russell-wilson-tells-the-post-hes-mulling-jets-contract-offer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilson previously told The Post\u2019s Ryan Dunleavy<\/a> he was weighing a contract offer from the Jets to be their backup quarterback to starter Geno Smith, but he\u2019s also garnering plenty of interest from TV networks, with CBS reportedly a favorite for his services, should he stop playing.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs also showed interest in Wilson, but opted to acquire Justin Fields from the Jets as their insurance policy for Patrick Mahomes, who is recovering from a torn ACL.<\/p>\n<p>If Wilson chooses to go the television route with CBS, multiple reports have suggested that he would be an analyst on the pregame show \u201cThe NFL Today\u201d after the position became available when Matt Ryan left to become the Falcons\u2019 president of football operations.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s career has really fallen off since he departed the Seahawks after previously looking to be on a Hall of Fame trajectory.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39413266\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-met-gala-celebrating-costume-127044437.jpg\" alt=\"Russell Wilson in a white suit with gold-winged shoulders at the Met Gala.\" class=\"wp-image-39413266\"  \/>Russell Wilson attends the 2026 Met Gala Celebrating \u201cCostume Art\u201d at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He may still see his plaque in Canton, but his last four years have seen him post career-worst quarterback ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson lost the starting job to Jaxson Dart while a member of the Giants last season, and sat on the bench of most of the season after the former Ole Miss star took the league by storm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cLet Russ cook\u201d is quickly turning into \u201cLet Russ ride into retirement.\u201d Former first-team All-Pro cornerback Aqib Talib&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,572,9,10,203],"class_list":["post-894735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl","tag-russell-wilson","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116596522889708929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}