Steelers QB Russell Wilson responds to getting blasted by Broncos legend

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been a magnet for all kinds of criticism as of late, and that ride is not ending any time soon. The Russell Wilson signing has been included in this and has had some mixed reviews from the sports world. Wilson himself has been blasted for some of the things that he has said recently. This time, instead of keeping quiet like he normally does, he went out onto X to defend himself with "full context."

While appearing on the "Nightcap" podcast, Shannon Sharpe read some comments that Wilson made from a recent interview. Wilson was speaking about how he believed to be "opening doors" for African American quarterbacks in the NFL. Sharpe took offense to those comments and went off on him during the show. 

"So, what role did Doug Williams play? The first African American quarterback to actually get to and win the Super Bowl and win MVP. So, what about Shack Harris? What about Joe Gilliam? So, what did Marlin Briscoe do? Jack Harry? Steve McNair? They opened no doors? Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick? It was you?... I just don’t know what he was hoping to accomplish by saying what he said. He opened doors? Huh? No, it was the guys who came before you who had success who opened doors for you."

There were definitely plenty of successful African American quarterbacks in the NFL before Wilson was drafted, including Doug Williams, who became the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, as well as MVP. Sharpe even mentioned that the first player to do something is the one that gets the credit, as opposed to the second one. 

Wilson made a post on X to defend himself from those comments, claiming that Sharpe took his quotes out of context. In his post, he highlighted the parts in the transcript where he praised the quarterbacks that played before he did.