Russell signs for 4 years 87.6mil (New Main Wilson Thread)

[Ozzy]

Thanks Saints fan and same to you guys.

Great news and Happy for RW. Glad we can finally stop discussing this is a negative light lol.

 

[Ad Hawk]

Awesome. Seems like both sides gave a little like many hoped and some doubted would happen all along.

FIFY

This is fantastic news either way. :th2thumbs:

Go Hawks!

 

[TorontoHawk]

So does this mean the end of all the Russelll WIlson contract threads now?

No. Once the details come out, Tical will make a thread talking about how bad wilson's contract is for the team going forward, etc.

Hopefully we will get lucky and no one complains, I don't think anyone can complain on locking up our elite QB for another 4 years.

 

[Sports Hernia]

If true, congrats guys.

Looks like the Hawks budged where Wilson wanted (up-front and guarantees).

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Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing 1m1 minute ago
The deal averages $21.9-miilion a year, a smidge less than top deal in football, Aaron Rodgers’ $22-million per.
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Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing 3m3 minutes ago
Wilson and ‘Hawks beat a 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. ET) deadline for a new deal. That’s how close the 2 sides came to a deal not getting done.
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Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing 5m5 minutes ago
The new Wilson deal includes a $31-million signing bonus, with approximately $60-million guaranteed.
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Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing 5m5 minutes ago
Russell Wilson and the Seahawks have agreed to a 4-year, $87.6-million extension, per source.

So glad, now we can get back to talking about football and not contracts, so glad Wilson is here to stay.

THIS X a million!

 

[Barthawk]

31M signing bonus is huge.. that was prolly the hold up. Great timing.. now go get Bwagz his money.

 

[RiverHawk]

Per ESPN

Report: Wilson contract nearly done

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson is nearing a 4-year, $87.6 million contract extension, according to ESPN and Sports Illustrated. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports that the deal is close but not officially done.

 

[EastCoastHawksFan]

I'm under the impression it's a 5 year 90mil contract which means it's a very team friendly 17m a season .

 

[Hawkfan77]

31M signing bonus is huge.. that was prolly the hold up. Great timing.. now go get Bwagz his money.

I think I read it was 21 million.

So that article that came out about the hold up was mainly due to getting guarantees in the same neighborhood as Newton seems to be accurate.

 

[Ozzy]

I see people tweeting 4 and 5 years. I think its 4 which includes this year but I could be wrong?

 

[chihawk]

YESSSS! Very excited to get this news this morning.

 

[RockinHawks]

Fantastic news!!! Congrats Russ, congrats Seahawks, and congrats to all of us 12's!

 

[Hawkfan77]

I see people tweeting 4 and 5 years. I think its 4 which includes this year but I could be wrong?

It's a 4 year extension after this year so he's under contract for the next 5 years

 

[dumbrabbit]

Never mind.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Very surprised this happened. Really thought he was going to ride out his final year and cash in next year. Deal seems fair for both sides though. Wonder how much of that guaranteed money they are going to pay this year with his cap hit being so low.

I suspect Wagner gets done very soon too. Good news all around.

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

Fair deal imo & of course I'm ecstatic.
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Now get BWagz done John!

 

[Hasselbeck]

Hsu is saying that likely cap number for Wilson in 2015 is now $6.2M

Also said the only way Wags gets done this year is with a McDaniel cut or Mebane restructure

 

[seahawks08]

GO HAWKS is baaaack!

 

[Barthawk]

Very surprised this happened. Really thought he was going to ride out his final year and cash in next year. Deal seems fair for both sides though. Wonder how much of that guaranteed money they are going to pay this year with his cap hit being so low.

I suspect Wagner gets done very soon too. Good news all around.

31M/5yrs= 6.2M + 1.5m salary- 7.7M is my guess.

 

[Hawkfan77]

Very surprised this happened. Really thought he was going to ride out his final year and cash in next year. Deal seems fair for both sides though. Wonder how much of that guaranteed money they are going to pay this year with his cap hit being so low.

I suspect Wagner gets done very soon too. Good news all around.

31M/5yrs= 6.2M + 1.5m salary- 7.7M is my guess.

Yep a little more than 7.8 will be his cap hit

 

[Our Man in Chicago]

now on to Bobby

Indeed.