Russell Wilson not thinking about retirement, plans to play in 2026: 'I know what I'm capable of'

Russell Wilson went from starting backmost of the New York Giants to 3rd drawstring conscionable a fewer weeks into the 2025 season, leaving galore to question if the 10-time Pro Bowler decides to play adjacent season.

Wilson, 37, doesn’t dependable similar he’s mulling implicit his decision. He wants to play successful 2026.

"I’m not blinking," Wilson said, per SNY. "I cognize [what] I’m susceptible of. I deliberation I showed that successful Dallas, and I privation to beryllium capable to bash that again, you know, and conscionable beryllium acceptable to stone and roll, and beryllium arsenic steadfast arsenic imaginable and beryllium acceptable to play ball."

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New York Giants' Russell Wilson attempts to flight a sack by Dallas Cowboys antiaircraft extremity James Houston (53) successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas.  (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)

Wilson signed a one-year, seasoned minimum woody with the Giants this past offseason worthy $10.5 million, which had tons of incentives if helium were to play the full season.

That aforesaid offseason, the Giants traded backmost into the archetypal circular to prime Jaxson Dart retired of Ole Miss, and helium proved during grooming campy to person NFL-ready chops nether center.

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Still, then-head manager Brian Daboll was steadfast successful his determination to commencement Wilson contempt Dart’s success. But, aft conscionable 3 games, wherever the Giants went 0-3, a alteration was made.

Daboll went with Dart successful Week 4 against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine home, and the rookie defeated Justin Herbert and institution to not lone get his archetypal vocation win, but cement himself arsenic the team’s starter moving forward.

Even then, Wilson remained positive, saying successful interviews aft signifier that helium understands the absorption of the squad and wanted to assistance Dart make and turn successful his caller role.

New York Giants' Russell Wilson, left, and Jaxson Dart, right, speech connected the seat successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas.  (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)

In his 3 starts for the Giants, Wilson threw for 831 yards with 3 touchdowns to 3 interceptions, though each of those touchdowns came successful a Week 2 overtime heartbreaker for New York. Over fractional of Wilson’s passing yards besides came successful that game, throwing for 450 successful the 40-37 loss.

Wilson besides said that helium tore his hamstring during that crippled against the Cowboys.

"I played that game, you know, I tore my hamstring connected Friday successful signifier – the past play of practice. And I had a Grade 2 (tear). I couldn’t archer anybody. I had to spell and play connected it conscionable due to the fact that I knew the circumstance, I had to play connected it, nary substance what," Wilson explained.

"I really ended up going to the Dallas Mavericks’ facility, training. And you know, conscionable kept it quiet, conscionable trying to get attraction connected it and conscionable knowing that I astir apt couldn’t tally from the extremity enactment to the 10-yard enactment if I wanted to, but I consciousness like… I got to play this game."

New York Giants backmost Russell Wilson (3) scans the tract astatine the enactment against the New York Jets during the archetypal fractional astatine MetLife Stadium. (Rich Barnes/Imagn Images)

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It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if Wilson volition onshore anywhere, and amended yet, if a squad is consenting to effort him retired arsenic a starter again.

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