Seahawks and Russell Wilson agreed to an extension (4 years, $87.6mil)
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CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Hmm, Wilson stays winning I guess. Not sure if he's worth tier 1 QB money, though.
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60 million guaranteed is a fuckton of money for an NFL player. damn.
While it is a ludicrous amount of cash, it just puts the Mayweather vs Pacman fight into perspective for me. Mayweather made in 4 rounds what this guy is going to make in 4 years.
Dutch Gronk
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Congrats, Russel!
ryutaro's mama
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Hilarious is the word you are looking for.
BoogerFart
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Congrats, Russel!
Meh, that was one hell of an interception.
highrider
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Congrats, Russel!
Perfect pass, great defensive play. I would fault the receiver if anyone for thinking the middle would be uncontested.
NerdEyeBlind
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Great deal, Wilson. Now put up Rodgers-like stats and I'll be impressed.
goldsoundz
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Bleed em dry, Russ! Can't wait for the day their other players' contracts run out and start to walk.
massivekettle
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If it were a perfect pass, it would not have been intercepted.
Perfect pass my ass, There's 2 CB's in the area. He should have thrown to his right shoulder so there was no chance for a INT.
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it should've never been a pass play in the first place though. That's on the coaching staff
massivekettle
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Or Russell audibles, just like most $20m+ QBs would have done.
highrider
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You can't come soft across the middle on short yardage red zone stuff. Receiver should have anticipated the contact. It's a great defensive play because it was still an extremely difficult take.
Depends how you look at it. You are paying Aaron Rodgers type money to a guy that really hasn't proven he can be that type of focal point quarterback and in the long run is going to hurt what made your team great: defense and an elite running game. Which are going to suffer due to cost constraints.
Can Wilson be the type of QB that can take a less then elite defense and a less then elite running game to the Super Bowl? I personally don't think so.
I also don't think Seattle had much of a choice either because the alternative to signing Wilson was worse.
Grover Cleveland
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Everyone got what they wanted out of this deal.
Russell gets his gigantic guaranteed money. The Seahawks get to not pay 25 million per.
For all that saberrattling and grandstanding, we all knew that they were going to get a deal done in the end. Russ wasn't going to turn down a salary that was 15 times bigger than what he's making on his current deal, and (for all the limitations I believe, and the Seahawks probably also believe, Wilson has) this league is so QB dependent these days. Either you have one, or you're scrounging around the bottom of the barrel praying that one will fall to you.
The Seahawks have a proven winner in Wilson, they couldn't afford to let him leave.
Russell gets his gigantic guaranteed money. The Seahawks get to not pay 25 million per.
For all that saberrattling and grandstanding, we all knew that they were going to get a deal done in the end. Russ wasn't going to turn down a salary that was 15 times bigger than what he's making on his current deal, and (for all the limitations I believe, and the Seahawks probably also believe, Wilson has) this league is so QB dependent these days. Either you have one, or you're scrounging around the bottom of the barrel praying that one will fall to you.
The Seahawks have a proven winner in Wilson, they couldn't afford to let him leave.
highrider
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That's a good point, but again, it's a pass across the middle, short yardage. You need momentum to make that play. It was a risky play, and they payed dearly.
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metalslimer
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It's a good deal for seattle. Any other team would have played him more especially with the cap increases. I mean they were always going to take a hit when they didn't have to pay him shit on the old contract
The Albatross
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Seattle had to do it, and the deal is good for both teams.
Now we've gotta see if Seattle can stay in the top tier now that their big salaries are starting to role in on key players.
Now we've gotta see if Seattle can stay in the top tier now that their big salaries are starting to role in on key players.
4 years is a lifetime in the NFL. If for some reason he becomes a super bust in these 4 years, they are fucked for awhile. His cap number is going to be a killer these next 4 years.
Skellig Gra
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Gotta figure a lot of that is retroactive pay for taking them to 2 superbowls.
metalslimer
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If Rodgers were to sign a new deal it would be worth a lot more
He rode to those 2 SBs in Richard Sherman's car.
SliceSabre
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I'm not sure he's worth THAT much but w/e.
Yeah, sitting in the trunk while beast mode and everyone else did the heavy lifting.
Candeldandel
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Jesus christ that took long enough. Whew! I'm happy. I thought they'd just be in talks forever @_@
CLE fans are not the best judges of a QBs worth - they've only seen garbage for the last 25 years
Oh, I know all about lifetimes in the NFL -- I'm a Bills fan who watched during the Super Bowl years. Anyway, I get what you're saying, but like, he's 1-1 in Super Bowls in how many years as a QB? That's more appearances than most QBs get in their whole careers. I know that he's not the sole reason they got there, but I won't be surprised if he gets at least one more appearance in these 4 years, and to me, that's worth signing him on.
Skellig Gra
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Well his low salary helped them sign/retain other players. Those days are over now obviously.
TheLostBigBoss
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no where near a perfect pass, and not even a good one.
He should have thrown that ball more behind his receiver (and lower) to prevent that pick from being a possibility, that would have been a good throw.
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