Well, perhaps not everyone is thrilled with Russell Wilson’s new deal with the Seahawks.
After the quarterback reached his new monster extension this morning, one of his teammates took up his mantle as the team’s top subtweeter.
For linebacker Bobby Wagner to drop a “Can’t keep everyone” so soon after Wilson’s deal illustrates the potential bind it puts the Seahawks in.
While signing the quarterback means they could always use the franchise tag on Wagner this offseason, it also means they’ve made a choice.
Even though they began discussions on an extension for Wagner this summer, it’s unlikely they could wedge another big deal in now, since he’s making $977,427 in base salary this year, the last of his rookie deal.
Whether their success the last few years has been because of Wilson, or because having a cheap quarterback allowed them to surround him with many fine parts, the Seahawks have declared their intentions now.
And they are going to have to keep finding more undervalued talents in the draft, because the economic reality is that they won’t be able to retain all the talent of their current core.
