With the news on Russell Wilson’s contract situation trickling out in tweets (sub- and otherwise) and thinly veiled references to leaving town in radio interviews, it was notable last night that the Seahawks quarterback finally said a number.
As you might imagine, his agent wishes he’d have said a bigger one.
Shortly after Wilson floated the number $25 million in his meandering way, agent Mark Rodgers replied with his own take on the situation which has taken on a life of its own this offseason.
“I wish he had said $40 million,” Rodgers wrote on Twitter. “Then this would be really interesting. #patience #relax #no_deadline.”
The hashtags have been staple messages of both Wilson and his agent since this process began.
And continuing to talk about big numbers and patience at the same time does nothing to deter one from thinking their end game is to see what an open market would bear for them — assuming the Seahawks let them reach it unfettered.
