The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Russell Wilson on playing against Seahawks, Tua's injury, getting clowned on internet

Episode Date: October 1, 2022

Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson joins Mike Silver to discuss the experience playing for his new team, how his performance has held up over his 11 years in the league, his Subway commercial and other videos that have become internet sensations, Tua Tagovailoa's brutal injury against the Bengals, and the emotional game against his former team, the Seattle Seahawks.  #volume #herd See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok. We're back on open mic, very, very special guest, someone I've covered and known for a long time and who I saw very recently on Sunday night football. I covered a punt fest that at the end turned into just another Russell Wilson magical moment

and had a great talk with him after the game. And here he is. Russell, how are you, man? Mike, what's going on, brother? It was a good game. We got it done in the fourth quarter. It was a crazy game. Yeah, you know, it's funny. During the game, I was thinking, all right, they've got their, you know, the play cadence and all the stuff that people were freaking out about. They've got that under control. No problems with the clock. They just aren't gaining yards. But, you know, you told me that you were very vocal on the sidelines during the game to your teammates about what to expect.

Yeah, I mean, I think just, when you're playing a 49ers defense, and they've always been great. They've been great over the past few years in particular. You know, it's going to be a battle. It's going to come down to the fourth quarter. And just told the guys, you know, listen, I told the guys on Tuesday in our state of the union meeting.

And I kind of run a meeting on Tuesdays. I just told them, I said, listen, reality is about these guys. I play these guys over 20 plus times. It always comes down in the fourth quarter most of those games. Always comes down to the last possession or two. So you just know, matter how the game's going, no matter what's going on, just stay the course.

And that's what we did. Meanwhile, the 40-nighters are probably doing their state of the union on Tuesday going, it always comes down to the fourth quarter and we're four and 17 going in against this guy. So you seem to have found the secret against a really, really good team in those moments. You know, I just, I love it when the game's online, you know, and all the pressure's on you. Everybody's booing you. You know, everybody's cheering you on.

Everybody, you're playing on the road and they're booing you. You're playing at home. And it's the game on the line. All the fans are pumped up because it's the fourth quarter. And they're striking up to music and just, you know, and the games online, you've got to come up with a key third down. And that's what you live for, those kind of moments, you know, and to be able to capitalize on them.

And I always believe that no matter what the circumstances are, we're always going to find a way. And that's just the mentality. And so that's the mentality I've always kind of taken, Mike, as you know, I'm always at. pig believer and just overcoming obstacles, you know, me, Mike. That's why I've always loved, you know, it's just those tough challenges in times that people think, oh, man, how are they going to pull this off? And sure enough, I got to go back and share a couple of stories. So I came to training camp in 2012 when Russell was a rookie

and third round pick, not expected to start, at least to others. I know you expected it. And I started hearing stories and then I met you. And, you know, you kind of said, man, I know who you are. You do a great job. And I'm thinking either he's the most prepared guy for an interview ever and he's just trying to be nice to be or he's really cool. But either way, I love him. So I was a believer from the start.

You know, I think the thing was for me, you know, getting prepared for interview. I don't really get prepared. I don't really like being prepared for interviews, be honest with you. I think it's the ones of things that, like, for me, I just love, you know, trying to, trying to have communication, listen to the question and just answer, you know. And so that's all I've always believed, you know, in terms of interviews and not, you know, so you find your way as you get as you get more and more opportunities to speak to people like yourself.

We did an interview on camera when I was at NFL Network before the 2014 NFC championship game. And you looked me in the eye and you said, I just have a few. feeling it's going to be one of those classic games that everybody remembers, comes down to the very end, maybe goes to overtime. And, you know, it looked really bad for you guys for much of the day. And then sure enough, magic started happening. And you guys beat the Packers in overtime. I went back to the Super Bowl. And I remember calling up my boss from the press box and say, hey, you got to go back and find that clip because I don't think it aired on Game Day Morning. I'm like, you've got to get that out there because he pretty much told us exactly what was going to happen.

Yeah, man, I don't know if you got discernment or what, but no, I think that, you know, you one of the things I believe about success and continual winning is visualization. You know, I know guys like Kobe Bryant used to use visualization, guys like Alan Iverson, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, you know, premier athletes, they use visualization. put themselves in scenarios, good ones and bad ones. And how are you going to overcome them? How are you going to come out on the other side of it? And for me, I've always put myself in scenarios. I remember my dad telling me at a young age. And so from the spin moves to the stepping up in the pocket and sliding away to the deep ball,

to the game on the line, the fourth quarter, and it's the last play that, you know, and it's fourth down. You got to make a play, you get the touchdown, the two-point conversion. You know, I visualize those. I speak life into every situation. And I think a lot of times it plays out for whatever reason. And, you know, you could put yourself in so many different scenarios of your lifetime. It allows you to be comfortable when it's chaotic.

I've heard so many stories about you in games that seem lost telling your teammates on the sidelines, hey, stick with it. It's okay. We're going to do this. And, you know, believing it. When you're on a new team that hasn't been as used to winning in the last few years, is it a process to get them to? to believe you in those moments?

I don't think to get to necessarily believe me or anything like that. I think they know, I've seen me over the years play, you know, in the games, close games and all that. But I do think, I think the process is actually, and this is even if you've won, you know, I think the process of re-identifying and recreating the culture, the energy, the language, the winning language, the winning culture, the winning energy

that you want to be able to create every day. And that obsession, that love for that, that passion for that, that detail, that understanding of what it takes over and over again. And the philosophical belief that winning is a habit, you have to be able to teach that every day. You have to become that every day. A lot of times a lot of people wonder, you know, how do you become a champion? How do you become a winner? How do you become successful? How do you become this?

How do you become that? Well, you have to visualize it. You have to speak it into existence. And then you have to become it. and all your habits and decisions around that have to become that. And I think also, too, losing is the same way. You can become that, too, by having negative thoughts, having things that say that just aren't winning attitudes and winning thoughts

and winning, you know, habits. And so what we've created here and what we continue to do, and these guys really want to do it. You know, they've been on it every day. It's been an amazing team. This defense is offense and the special teams, the players that culture, the organization, all away from the top down, from the Walton Pinner family,

all the way to George Payton and Coach Hackett to myself and all those captains and leaders of this team. You know, Justin Simmons, Chubb, you know, Randy Gregory, you know, you think about guys like DJ Jones, winter. You know, you think about like Bowls who wants to be great every day, you know, these guys Cushingberry. I mean, these, Cortland Sutton and Jerry Judy,

these guys are stars. You know, so they want to win. They want to do everything they can, and they're putting all the work in and all the habits. And the love is here for each other, too. That's the great part about it. You know, you guys had reason to have negative thoughts creep in those first two weeks. You know, high-profile game ending didn't go well in Seattle. And then the home fans are counting down the play clock.

You know, you did win the second game. By the way, that's got to be really fun for a quarterback when your home fans are counting down the final seconds of the play clock. Oh, yeah, no worries, man. It was helpful for a while, you know. It's just all love, man. They want us to win just like we want to win and do everything, you know, at the highest level.

You obviously had Coach Hackett's back after the first game, you know, and he really, he showed some humility. I think, you know, he said, hey, I would boo me too and definitely wasn't, didn't try to come off like a defensive condescending coach that I think others might have. How was all that received in the locker room and how was he with you guys as all this was happening? Coach Haggitt's amazing, man. His care for the players, his passion for teaching, his love for this game, his love for us and creating a winning culture. I mean, he is everything that you could ask for to coach and a head coach.

And he's really built an amazing staff as well around him that support that as well. So, I mean, I really believe in Coach Hackett and believe in what he's doing and where we're going and how we're going to get there. And every day, you know, we get to meet me and him and just spend time together and just talk every day. And just he's not just about the game. He's about life. He's about people. He's about, you know, allowing us to be the best version of ourselves as men as well. And that's worth a whole lot.

How would you compare his normal energy level to like your wife's on stage performance? caliber energy level. I don't know how you know how I answer that one. But I think, you know, when you think about Coach Hackett, you know, I'll speak about Coach Hackett, but I think about when I think about Coach Hackett, you know, his passion with his game and his energy in the locker, I'll use a great example. We won the game. Oh, and I against 49ers.

And we just came in. We just went crazy in the locker and all the energy, all the juice, all the up and down. I mean, we just, we were all celebrating each. other, you know, and doing it together. And what a great moment that was. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque.

Others say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. I know you're hard on yourself. As you guys were going through these issues with, you know, play cadence and getting plays in and all that, did you feel like, hey, maybe I'm doing too much at the line pre-snap? Maybe I need to try to streamline my part in it. I think when you're ever, you know, you play the quarterback position,

You always want to put everything on your shoulders because at the end of the day, you know, you want to be able to, you know, give people in and out, you know, and so I think the best thing about it is is that, you know, we're all in this thing together, you all, you know, and so I'm excited about where we're going. And I don't even worry about the first, you know, you go out there, you, football is a game of tons of amazing moments and all these amazing moments together. And then you're going to have a couple tough ones you've got to fix and get right. And if you have the passion and the diligence to do that, how much better is that? I feel like that pass you put on the back shoulder to Cortland that set up the winning touchdown on Sunday night. I was like, okay, that's the Russell I'm used to seeing, especially in those moments. Have you changed as a quarterback as you've gotten into your second decade?

Are you less prone to running or scrambling? Are you slower? Or, like, is there any difference in, in your opinion and what you've, you know, what your game is? No, man, you know, I feel better. I feel more efficient in terms of, you know, my reads and everything else. So, you know, I think that, you know, we're building this, you know, amazing chemistry here. We're all trying to work on it together. But it's really coming together nice.

You know, I'm excited about, you know, this week. We're excited about the weeks to come, you know, we're just always working to be great. And everything, every day you wake up, you work, you get better. And so I feel amazing. my body and all that stuff and mind spirit all that energy obviously i think he saw me move around the other night you know i still got the i still got the i still got the i still got the shakes and and all that's extra stuff and the spin outs and the big big play you know mentality so um you know and so yeah man it's been fun you think you'd beat chad powers in a 40 based on video study

i'd beat him and i'd beat him i'd beat him running backwards All right. So let's hit all the subjects you're getting good nature grief for on the internet at other places. Are you getting more grief for the subway ad with the Danger Witch? How does that compare to like the Mr. Unlimited video that surfaced and the Broncos country, let's ride outtakes? Well, I think that what you're trying to tell me is that, you know, all the things Mr. Unlimited to Broncos country, less ride to even the danger which at subway. All those things are trending right now, baby. They've been trending for a while.

So I'm just saying that's called Brandon. Perfect. You know, the first game in Seattle was really emotional. You know, you did so many great things there. You know, I saw you and D.K. What you wrote on each other's jerseys. I mean, you know, you have a lot of close relationships. There were a lot of former players there.

and afterwards, Pete Carroll, your former coach, said that he thought it was a chance to make a big statement, the game's not about an individual player here or there, it's about team. Did you feel anything about the former players being there? Did that affect you or after the fact one way or the other? No, not at all, man. I think I was fortunate to play for an amazing organization in Seattle for 10-plus years, give my all every day. I gave everything, every play, you know, everything, every practice, every day, every play.

And that's all I've ever known, you know, so that's all I'll ever know is give everything I got. So, you know, it's a, you know, it was great to go back and play and see guys like D.K. and Tyler and the guys, you know, and guys like Chaudre Diggs and Jamal, those guys playing on the same field with those guys. You know, so much love, you know, for those guys. And, you know, such great friends, you know, so. You think your ex-team. mates were just there as a, you know, Seahawks solidarity moment.

Yeah, I mean, these guys show up. A lot of those guys live in Seattle. You know, they go to the games, you know, all that stuff. So it's all good. Yeah, totally. Last one I got for you because you've been amazing. You know, we all watched, you know, last Sunday and then, again, Thursday night to Atunga Vailoa, promising young quarterback, you know, suffering.

It's certainly the second time a really scary. looking head injury. You know, what goes through your mind when you see a situation like that? Well, you worry about him and his family and his career. And to take that kind of hit and injury and see the reaction, his natural body reaction to that and how long he was in that state is scary. This game is very tough, very, very violent game. And we, you know, we sacrifice, put ourselves out there and try to do everything to perform for everyone and win and all that stuff.

But, you know, we have wives, kids, family members, loved ones. So we can't take this for granted. You know, and just praying for Tua to heal and to be better, man, and just praying that he heals fast. Yeah, I mean, you, you know, you mentioned family. I mean, have you and your wife had those hard conversations because I know how competitive you are? and it would be hard to get you off the field normally. But if you guys had to talk about that, like, hey, let's, you know, let's not do anything crazy. No, not really.

You know, I think we, we just, you know, when we, we were watching the game, we just start praying for tour right away. No doubt. Well, it is good to see you doing your thing. And I have a feeling that you got some winning in your future in a new, an unfamiliar uniform, but a new chapter. So thank you. so much for taking the time.

Thank you, Mike, man. It's always great to talk to you and super grateful. Thanks for the time. And just grateful to always, you know, you've always been first class in every way and just you're great at what you do. This is why I love talking to Russell. You can, by the way, you can keep going once we're off the air. You can keep saying that.

I will. Brontz country, baby. I'll see you, Mike. Thanks, Russell. I appreciate you. Another podcast from some SNL, late-night comedy guide, Not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier.

This week, my guest, S&L's Mikey Day and head writer, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and Friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not a lot.

only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth.

Listen to Superhuman on the I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win. A win is a win. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey,

or my career in sports media. Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfilled conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to The Clifford Show on the IHeard Radio app,

Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford, and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok.