'Never Failed': Glennon caught in the middle of Wilson, O'Brien split
Posted May 12, 2021 6:28 a.m. EDT
Updated May 12, 2021 9:31 a.m. EDT
Russell Wilson was on one side of the story and Tom O'Brien was on the other.
The quarterback and coach disagreed about Wilson splitting his time between football and baseball.
Caught in the middle was Mike Glennon.
Episode 4 of Never Failed: The Russell Wilson Story is a deep dive into the Glennon, the quarterback who replaced Wilson and went onto his own NFL career.
Glennon was the hotshot recruit of O'Brien who had to wait his turn as the unheralded Wilson turned into a star.
For the first time, Glennon answers the question: what would have happened if O'Brien had decided to stick with Wilson?
Let's just say that Wilson wasn't the only Wolfpack quarterback with an eye on a certain Big Ten team with the same red-and-white color scheme.