We appreciate former players who stay loyal to their teams, even to a fault. But there comes a point when your loyalty makes you come across as bitter. This is the point Fox Sports 1 analyst Mark Schlereth has reached with his dislike for former Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson, who is set to make his first start for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1.
Schlereth took to his podcast and said that he thinks the Steelers will have to replace Wilson with Justin Fields by the sixth game and then proceeded to vent about Wilson’s inability to admit what he can and cannot do at this point in his career.
“I’m gonna say five (games),” said Schlereth, who played for the Broncos for six seasons and won two Super Bowls. “I just think that the way the Pittsburgh Steelers are gonna have to be built, what they’re gonna have to build themselves on is the running game and using the quarterback element in the run game.”
“Do I think they may be able to compete for a playoff spot? Yeah, but the issue is — and this is what got Russ out of Seattle and Denver — Russ isn’t willing to admit he’s not good at stuff,” Schlereth said. “He’s delusional. If you’re not willing to admit it, then you can’t fix it.”
