Ex-NFL star implores Russell Wilson to hang it up: 'Do your TV thing'

Russell Wilson has had his stock of ups and downs successful his NFL career.

He helped the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl title successful 2013 and was named to the Pro Bowl 4 times. But the past fewer years of his vocation arguably did immoderate harm to his bequest arsenic he’s spent the past 3 seasons with 3 antithetic teams.

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New York Giants backmost Russell Wilson watches from the sidelines during the 2nd 4th against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J., connected Oct. 9, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

Wilson is inactive connected the free-agent marketplace arsenic helium looks to latch connected to a caller squad for 2026. However, erstwhile NFL prima Aqib Talib implored Wilson to bent up the cleats.

"Do your TV thing, Russ. It’s implicit with, man. Once you’ve got to decide, bash I adjacent privation to play?" Talib said connected "The Arena: Gridiron." "I deliberation you don’t truly privation to play. I hatred erstwhile guys get to the aboriginal portion of their vocation and past they commencement doing the bounce-around happening and they’re not going to win. There was nary spot successful New York. That’s conscionable going to beryllium different halt connected your resume."

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Wilson reportedly garnered immoderate involvement from NFL teams.

New York Giants backmost Russell Wilson stands connected the tract earlier a crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Oct. 26, 2025. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

He told the New York Post that the New York Jets were 1 of them.

Wilson besides was reportedly a campaigner to instrumentality Matt Ryan’s spot connected CBS’ "The NFL Today" aft Ryan near to instrumentality a beforehand bureau occupation with the Atlanta Falcons.

Wilson has 46,966 passing yards and 353 passing touchdowns successful 205 vocation games, but the 2025 play with the New York Giants was 1 to forget.

Wilson started 3 games and made immoderate bizarre decisions successful a nonaccomplishment against the Chiefs. Jaxson Dart was named the starting quarterback. As helium came successful to instrumentality a fewer snaps portion Dart was being checked for a concussion, Wilson was booed.

New York Giants backmost Russell Wilson watches from the sidelines during the 2nd fractional against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High successful Denver, Colo., connected Oct. 19, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

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Should helium extremity up signing with different team, Wilson volition beryllium entering his age-38 season.