Shannon Sharpe took issue with Russell Wilson’s characterization of the impact he’s had on Black quarterbacks in football. And Wilson is responding back. Taking to Twitter early Saturday morning, Wilson called out the need to build each other up while providing additional context of his comments.
Though he didn’t mention Sharpe by name, it’s obvious he listened to or read about the criticism from Sharpe’s latest episode of his Nightcap podcast. Sharpe believed Wilson was trying to take sole credit for paving the way for Black quarterbacks of today.
Here’s what Wilson tweeted.