Russell Wilson has been a successful NFL quarterback, but his perspective on his role has changed. He now wants to run the team, your team. He’s getting paid a lot of money and will demand to get his way with the coaches, his teammates, anyone and everyone. Don’t believe me? Let the weeks go by and watch what he says and does. Have a heart-to-heart conversation with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll or maybe former teammate Richard Sherman. Good luck to the Broncos. With Wilson, they will need it.
John, Newcastle, Wash.
Kiz: So what you’re saying is: It’s Wilson’s world, and we’re all his Instagram boyfriend. I get it. Hall of Fame quarterbacks are a different breed. They all believe the football universe revolves around them. It was as true for John Elway and Peyton Manning as it now is for Aaron Rodgers and Wilson. I don’t have a problem with catering to Wilson’s whims, with one caveat. If he doesn’t play like a Hall of Fame quarterback, it will begin to occur to fans, teammates and even Nathaniel “Huggy Bear” Hackett that DangeRuss could be more high maintenance than his performance merits.
I was very upset with the lack of sportsmanship of our Broncos fans during the game against San Francisco. Denver fans should never boo our team, no matter what. I would like you to write a column on sportsmanship and booing and sticking behind your own. Booing the Broncos makes the whole country think that we are a bunch of losers and jerks.
Bonnie, good sport
Kiz: A football stadium is among the last, best places where we look up from the cellphone long enough to gather as a community. If our football stadium is any indicator, folks in our community aren’t as patient and forgiving as they used to be.
Hey, Mr. Merry Sunshine. Complaints about your dour negativity are far off the mark. Your upbeat column praising the Broncos defense in that dog-breath show against the 49ers suggests your ingestion of mood-altering chemical enhancements, Kiz. It is curious strategy to mortgage a team’s future to acquire a quarterback, then install an offense out of Woody Hayes’ old playbook.
Randy, Denver
Kiz: Or maybe Wilson ain’t the quarterback he used to be? It’s too soon to know. But not too soon to ask.
The poor performance of the CU football team cannot be blamed solely on coach Karl Dorrell. Since 2006 CU has had five head coaches and two winning seasons. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The football problem at CU is a systemic issue, beginning with the regents, then progressing down through the president and athletic director.
William, Estes Park
Kiz: It takes beaucoup bucks and crazy passion to be a big-time football school. There isn’t enough of either at CU for the Buffs to compete with Alabama or Ohio State.
And today’s parting shot is a free piece of welcoming advice to my new colleague Parker Gabriel, who has joined The Denver Post sports team as our Broncos reporter.
Insulate yourself from Kiz and you will do just fine, Parker.
Billy, righteous dude
