Russell Wilson is obviously no longer a part of the Seattle Seahawks organization, and he is unlikely to be ever again, even as an executive in the front office. His parting with the team was just too brutal.
But he will be remembered as the quarterback who helped lead the team to its first Super Bowl victory. That was when Wilson was still trying to impress the rest of the NFL that he was very good. Like other people with the Seahawks, Wilson was overjoyed when the team defeated the Denver Broncos to get a title because Wilson was more about that team than himself.
That approach might have changed long ago, however. Now, the former quarterback is working for CBS as a pregame analystis, and is an owner of a horse that just won its first race. How did it feel for Wilson to have the horse win? As good as it did when Seattle won the Super Bowl, it appears.
Seattle Seahawks fans have a new reason to feel irritated by Russell Wilson
Wilson said after his horse, Club Reign, won at Saratoga Race Course, "We like winning big moments in New York. (The Seahawks) won the Super Bowl here; we win this, it feels like the same feeling!"
No, don't say that, Russell Wilson. The main reason is that it makes the happiness of winning a title with teammates appear even more self-important.
Teams win Super Bowls, but winning a horse race is a singular victory (unless one counts the horse). The "feeling" of winning is great, but the process of winning a football championship and running a horse race (which Wilson didn't personally do, of course) is completely different.
“We like winning big moments in New York. We won the Super Bowl here, we win this, it feels like the same feeling!”
— NYRA (🎪) (@TheNYRA) August 29, 2026
🎙️ @DangeRussWilson and @ciara react to their first win as owners with CLUB REIGN at Saratoga! pic.twitter.com/te9G8CrNfn
Over the last many years, Wilson's once-endearing personality has been viewed in a different light by many. His robotic and extremely well-rehearsed answers became irritating because they appeared crafted to sell the personality of the quarterback rather than be genuine replies. The cult of Russ needed shaping and crafting.
His public persona was further hurt after he left the Seattle Seahawks and went to ownership to try to reportedly have general manager John Schneider and then-head coach Pete Carroll fired, but requested that his new team, the Denver Broncos, give him his own office. He appeared to see himself as bigger than his team.
His recent comments about how watching an animal he owns win a horse race is the same feeling as when the Seahawks won the Super Bowl are cringy. Russell Wilson's comments further show a lack of awareness that he is viewed by many as seeing himself as standing apart and above others, including his former Seattle teammates who lifted him to a title.
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