Russell Wilson delivered nine winning seasons, eight playoff appearances, nine playoff wins, two NFC championships and a Super Bowl victory during his 10-year tenure with the Seattle Seahawks.
Even with all those accomplishments, it wasn’t enough to stop the fan base from turning on him.
Now with the Denver Broncos, he was greeted with a chorus of boos from Seahawks fans as he took the field for pregame warmups prior to the Seahawks’ 17-16 victory.
Given all Wilson accomplished in a Seahawks uniform, ESPN’s Robert Griffin III took to Twitter and called out the Seahawks fan base for their behavior.
“It’s been a couple days but the boos for Russell Wilson in Seattle were UNCALLED FOR,” Griffin tweeted. “Both sides wanted to move on and Russell is the ONLY QB TO WIN A SUPER BOWL in Seattle. The Seahawks got a huge haul in return for him via trade and he EARNED a better reception than that.”
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Following the game, Wilson responded to questions about the boos.
“No, it didn’t bother me,” he said. “This is a hostile environment. It always has been. I didn’t expect them to give a round of applause every once in a while, you know. So I think that – like I would say, I gave everything I had every day here. Every day. Anybody that says anything else, they’re completely wrong. I gave everything I had every day. So I know that for a fact.
“Like I said, I have some amazing teammates on the other side of that field that I love to death and gave everything I had to them; they gave everything they had to me. God brought me somewhere else. I’m here in Denver. I’m excited where we’re going. So I’m just grateful. I give the glory to God because he’s given me the gift of playing this game.”
The new Broncos QB completed 29 of 42 throws for 340 yards and a touchdown but couldn’t avoid defeat.
