Four more years of Wilson

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Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Four more years of Wilson</h1>
                <h2><p>Hours before the negotiating deadline set by Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Seattle's favorite team agreed to give Seattle's favorite good-guy a whole lot of money. For a head-spinning $21.9 million a year -- $60 million of which is guaranteed, meaning Wilson's career could</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Hours before the negotiating deadline set by Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Seattle's favorite team agreed to give <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/report-seahawks-agree-to-contract-extension-with-russell-wilson/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle's favorite good-guy a whole lot of money</a>. For a head-spinning $21.9 million a year -- $60 million of which is guaranteed, meaning Wilson's career could end tomorrow and he'd still be rich -- the Seahawks have purchased the services of Wilson for the next four years. That's almost a record, falling just short of the $22 million earned by Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers.</p><p>Wilson, who has led the Hawks to back to back Super Bowls, could have played out the 2015 season on his rookie contract, worth a paltry $1.5 million. But the Seahawks apparently did not want to compete with the rest of the league in free agency, so went ahead and paid the man early.</p><p>Next on the list is the less flashy, but arguably equally important, defensive rock Bobby Wagner. Somewhere along the way the Seahawks will hit their salary cap, but apparently they've got a bit of room yet.</p>
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Hours before the negotiating deadline set by Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Seattle's favorite team agreed to give Seattle's favorite good-guy a whole lot of money. For a head-spinning $21.9 million a year -- $60 million of which is guaranteed, meaning Wilson's career could end tomorrow and he'd still be rich -- the Seahawks have purchased the services of Wilson for the next four years. That's almost a record, falling just short of the $22 million earned by Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers.

Wilson, who has led the Hawks to back to back Super Bowls, could have played out the 2015 season on his rookie contract, worth a paltry $1.5 million. But the Seahawks apparently did not want to compete with the rest of the league in free agency, so went ahead and paid the man early.

Next on the list is the less flashy, but arguably equally important, defensive rock Bobby Wagner. Somewhere along the way the Seahawks will hit their salary cap, but apparently they've got a bit of room yet.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal