Russell Wilson didn’t exactly shy away from Shoe Toss 2018 that had San Francisco’s coach a tad riled.
“Somebody’s missing a shoe somewhere,” is how the Seahawks quarterback began his weekly press conference Friday at team headquarters, three days before Seattle (7-5) hosts Minnesota (6-5-1) in a key game in the race to next month’s NFC’s playoffs.
Wilson’s pause for comic effect, plus his mischievous grin and then chuckle showed that, yes, he heard Kyle Shanahan.
The San Francisco 49ers coach this week accused Wilson of an act counter to the quarterback’s altruistic image: not only not helping a foe who lost his shoe between plays — but throwing the opponent’s shoe further up the field then racing to the line of scrimmage to snap the ball to create an offside penalty on the 49ers.