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If you scan BetMGM’s odds for NFL Comeback Player of the Year, you won’t find Russell Wilson’s name.
There are 22 players listed, from the favorite Kirk Cousins (+175 odds) to Jets receiver Mike Williams, Lions receiver Tim Patrick and 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw (250-to-1) but no Wilson. That’s due, in part, to Associated Press clarifying the qualifications for the award to voters and putting an emphasis on players coming back from injury or illness.
That shouldn’t keep Wilson from consideration.
Wilson has revitalized his career and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense since being named starter two weeks ago. The Steelers’ two best games in terms of yardage and two of their three best games for points came the past two weeks with Wilson at quarterback. There were a lot of critics who thought Wilson was finished as a viable NFL quarterback, and to this point he has proven them all wrong.
Sounds like a good comeback story.
Russell Wilson’s case
Wilson’s problem in being considered for Comeback Player of the Year is Joe Flacco.
Flacco was a weird winner last season. He came back from … sitting on his couch? The Cleveland Browns signed him in November, he played very well the rest of the season and won the award. That was enough for the AP to remind voters what the criteria of the award should be.
AP senior NFL writer Rob Maaddi, who oversees All-Pro and NFL awards voting, told Pro Football Talk this offseason that voters will be instructed: “The spirit of the AP Comeback Player of the Year Award is to honor a player who has demonstrated resilience in the face of adversity by overcoming illness, physical injury or other circumstances that led him to miss playing time the previous season.”
Wilson wasn’t injured or sick last season. But the “other circumstances” seem to fit his situation.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson is off to a hot start this season. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Wilson was the victim of one of the more unprofessional acts in the NFL over the…
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Publish date : 2024-10-31 13:00:53
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