Teams Seattle Seahawks - The 12th Man

[00Stinger]

Considering it has always been Pete or Russ, I doubt it.

you think a 70 year old is going to want to do a rebuild?

 

[nahnah]

you think a 70 year old is going to want to do a rebuild?

70 is the new 50 they say

 

[IKnowtheDog]

At least Seahawks are now a realistic price for the superbowl at 100/1.

Fair to assume that Seahawks would have been interested in only trading Wilson to an AFC team so makes sense to make the most of the opportunity that has presented.

Will be interesting to see what plans they have as a result of this trade.

Brought the franchise its' first Championship so will always be held in high esteem for that.

 

[Wild Bill]

will you guys draft a qb at 9 or go with Lock for now?

Not really a QB draft. We may hold off to next year and go with Lock for a year.

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[00Stinger]

 

[gaskin]

FFS. Not BWags as well. At least they seem to be commiting to a rebuild.

 

[Wild Bill]

I hope their is a good QB next year with our number 1 pick!!

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I hope their is a good QB next year with our number 1 pick!!

Carolina will beat you for it.

 

[Wild Bill]

Funny Denver play Rams, Cards, 49's and Seahawks next year!! 4 teams that know him very well.....

Will be interesting to see how the 12 greet him in 2022.

 

[Constantgin]

I hope their is a good QB next year with our number 1 pick!!

Or Houston and Detroit

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[Constantgin]

Don’t think he cares too busy counting his money. Wasn’t one of the reason for the trade was jets weren’t will to pay him.

 

[Amazing Racer]

Never expected today to play out like it has - absolutely we are no longer going to compete for the short term, but if Wilson didn't want to stay, then let him go. I thank him for what he did for Seattle but a rebuild was on and if he didn't want to be a part of it, then better to get something for him.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Works out really well for Seattle. That bounty of picks/players. Wilson goes to the AFCW which is incredibly difficult to make the playoffs from.

 

[Amazing Racer]

While I expect the Chiefs to start to fall, the Chargers are playoff material for sure and Vegas are tough. Even with the three NFC West teams making the playoffs this year, it will be tough for the Broncos to get a wildcard in that division

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[Exe Gesis]

Re: All-time greatest Seahawks?

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I prefer tiers than straight up ranking...too difficult to separate, a certain echelon that a bunch of players reach.

Tier One (HOF)... Steve Largent, Walter Jones, Cortez Kennedy, Kenny Easley.

Tier Two (ROH)... Curt Warner, Dave Brown, Jacob Green, Dave Krieg, Jim Zorn, Matt Hasselbeck.

Tier Three (Retired greats)... Steve Hutchinson, Shaun Alexander, Marshawn Lynch, Lofa Tatupu, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Marcus Trufant, Doug Baldwin, Kam Chancellor, Earl Thomas.

Tier Four (Active greats)... Bobby Wagner, Russell Wilson, KJ Wright, Richard Sherman, Tyler Lockett.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I miss Keith.

 

[Exe Gesis]

With Russell Wilson, the Seahawks decided not to delay the inevitable​

Posted by Mike Florio on March 9, 2022, 10:48 AM EST

Tuesday’s news that the Seahawks will trade quarterback Russell Wilson to the Broncos was a long time coming. The seeds were planted longer than a year ago, when public signs of frustration from Wilson first surfaced.

I’ve studied this one carefully for years. The Seahawks, after three wage-scale seasons with their 2012 third-round pick, had to pay market-value contracts to Wilson twice, in 2015 and 2019. Three years ago, with agent Mark Rodgers playing hardball and insisting on a new deal before the start of the offseason program, the Seahawks gave Wilson a then-record deal worth $35 million per year.

Rodgers, a one-player agent who can drive a hard bargain without worrying about the impact of such stances on his other clients, has twice insisted on four-year extensions. That approach gets Wilson back to the table more quickly. And when the Seahawks gave Wilson his latest deal, they knew that a very difficult decision was four years away. Would they give their 34-year-old quarterback a market-value deal, or would they say, “Enough”?

It’s the core dilemma of the Let Russ Cook narrative. If the Seahawks don’t regard Wilson as a quarterback through whom the offense should run, they will eventually tire of paying him market value. Likewise, if they don’t want to pay him market value, they should trade him to someone who will. Now, they have.

Next year, the Seahawks were staring at another effort by the Tom Hagen of football agents to force Seattle to pay huge money. If the team decided not to do it in 2023, it would have been harder to get the package they finagled now, since the new team would have to both compensate the Seahawks and give Wilson a gigantic new deal.

Considering those factors, now was the right time to do it. Could they have gotten more last year? Maybe. But they weren’t ready to move on. Now, the Seahawks were willing to close the book on the team that went to consecutive Super Bowls and start over.

It was inevitable. They decided not to delay it, and they probably did better in the trade than they would have, if they had waited.

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[Constantgin]

Russ wanted out.

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[Exe Gesis]