When a door closes, another one opens, and that’s what Russell Wilson had in his mind as the veteran star quarterback enters the 2025 season with the hopes of redefining his legacy for one last time. It seems that the New York Giants are keen to give him that opportunity, and he is definitely keen to make the most of it now more than ever.

The New York Giants are one of the teams that haven’t actually seen great strides in the postseason for quite some time now, and it is safe to say that Wilson fits the team well in their hopes of coming back alive on the big stage of the NFL once more. For the QB, this is seemingly the twilight run of his career, and it is expected that he will be bringing the best of his game now more than ever.

In a place where pressure can be too much, Wilson is not minding the bright lights that he has seen over and over again in his career. After all, he has been on the ups and downs of the league, so the mounting pressure that is being seen as the new narrative in New York is nothing new to him as he approaches perhaps the biggest season of his career.

Two Long-Time Champions Longing

Wilson last lifted the Lombardi Trophy back in 2014, where he was just a second-year quarterback with the Seahawks, which seems a lifetime ago considering that it has been more than a decade. To make it more ironic, he lifted that trophy at the Giants' MetLife Stadium – where he is now slated to play the coming season’s games.

On the other hand, the Giants have won a total of four Super Bowl titles, but they haven’t been that relevant much since last winning a title in 2011. Nothing has been easy for the Giants since then, and they are seeing this like a year to prove that they can still be a team to beat, especially bringing in a 36-year-old quarterback who has enjoyed a promising run prior.

"The opportunity here is so great," Wilson said. "I don't mind the lights. I don't mind that part of it. I think the other part of it for me, most importantly of it all that, is I've been here before. When you walk into a stadium, into a locker room and you know, like my locker is the same locker I had when I won the Super Bowl. So, for me, when I see that, when I walk into the stadium I'm like, I've been here before. Not just been here but, like, we did this before.”

Wilson notched 2,482 yards and 16 touchdowns last season to go along with five interceptions while leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to a playoff berth.

Can Wilson Break a New York Drought?

The New York Yankees and the New York Mets haven’t done anything well in the MLB in the past few seasons, especially with the Yankees falling short last season. The two New York teams in the NHL? Already in vacation mode at this point. Let’s not dive into the New York clubs in the MLS as they are yet to become relevant at this point.

New York in the NFL? The Jets and the Giants are as bad as they can be. The New York Knicks recently fell short in the Eastern Conference Finals, and now the focus shifts to the NFL this season.

But can Wilson help end that championship drought for the city that never sleeps? The star QB is definitely keen to endure in New York, and this is a chance he is not going to let pass by.