Russell Wilson's contract pushed to next year?

Seahawk Sailor · Jun 16, 2015

Adam Schefter seems to think so.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/610893386078289921[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ESPNNFL/status/610894477184466945[/tweet]

ivotuk · Jun 16, 2015

His agent is doing him a disservice.

Hasselbeck · Jun 16, 2015

Doesn't really mean he won't sign, just that he has an insurance policy on himself.

MysterMatt · Jun 16, 2015

Russell isn't a dummy but his agent is hell-bent on getting him to FA, no matter the risk. It's effective in baseball, where injuries are less common and rarely as serious, but that is gonna have to be a massive, and expensive, insurance policy indeed to replace the amount of coin he'd get by just working out a deal now.

The Outfield · Jun 16, 2015

Is this good or bad for the team? I'm not sure.

Basis4day · Jun 16, 2015

[tweet]https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/446727943394312192[/tweet]

Anthony! · Jun 16, 2015

peachesenregalia":glhfq2nn said:
ivotuk":glhfq2nn said:

His agent is doing him a disservice.

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I dunno, man. Chances are pretty high that the Seahawks will win another Lombardi this year, and that just makes his price tag go up, even if we do Franchise him for 2 seasons, he still stands to make bank. I have absolutely no issue with Russell doing this. The FO shouldn't have tried to low-ball him if they didn't want this happening.

agreed.

Hasselbeck · Jun 16, 2015

Basis4day":19epwcng said:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/446727943394312192[/tweet]

If that's your way of saying Schefter could be wrong, a FA signing and a guy taking an insurance policy on himself are two very different things

onanygivensunday · Jun 16, 2015

peachesenregalia":28i30112 said:
The FO shouldn't have tried to low-ball him if they didn't want this happening.

Credible link on the "low-ball" aspect?

Basis4day · Jun 16, 2015

Hasselbeck":2x5xlem5 said:
Basis4day":2x5xlem5 said:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/446727943394312192[/tweet]

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If that's your way of saying Schefter could be wrong, a FA signing and a guy taking an insurance policy on himself are two very different things

A reported FA signing and saying a player WILL play out his rookie contract are two very similar things.

Anthony! · Jun 16, 2015

peachesenregalia":pkrwmos0 said:
Basis4day":pkrwmos0 said:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/446727943394312192[/tweet]

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What the.....what?

I cannot find anything any place on this but if true great if not pretty much makes anything Schefter says in question but never fully bought anything he said anyway. He reported the hawks and Wilson were close to a deal months ago.

Cyrus12 · Jun 16, 2015

wilson will get a record deal in fa...but it wont be with seattle. cap issues wont magically fix themselves nect season.

Hasselbeck · Jun 16, 2015

Basis4day":3unrfygy said:
Hasselbeck":3unrfygy said:

Basis4day":3unrfygy said:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/446727943394312192[/tweet]

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If that's your way of saying Schefter could be wrong, a FA signing and a guy taking an insurance policy on himself are two very different things

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A reported FA signing and saying a player WILL play out his rookie contract are two very similar things.

Never said he's playing out his rookie deal. Said he's playing this last season with an insurance policy on himself.

Anthony! · Jun 16, 2015

peachesenregalia":3p1kwk1g said:
onanygivensunday":3p1kwk1g said:

peachesenregalia":3p1kwk1g said:

The FO shouldn't have tried to low-ball him if they didn't want this happening.

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Credible link on the "low-ball" aspect?

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I don't have the link, but weren't multiple sources reporting that 4 yrs/80M was the offer the Seahawks put out there?

yes

Anthony! · Jun 16, 2015

Cyrus12":1pa99o1c said:
wilson will get a record deal in fa...but it wont be with seattle. cap issues wont magically fix themselves nect season.

agreed piss poor planning by the FO makes you wonder if bowing down to Lynch caused some of this. Also makes you wonder if they got Graham for Wilson or the next QB so better weapons no need for as good or expensive a QB. If true a huge gamble, if they are right all is good if they are wrong all is bad and they may cost themselves their jobs.

Basis4day · Jun 16, 2015

peachesenregalia":20km4xfx said:
onanygivensunday":20km4xfx said:

peachesenregalia":20km4xfx said:

The FO shouldn't have tried to low-ball him if they didn't want this happening.

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Credible link on the "low-ball" aspect?

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I don't have the link, but weren't multiple sources reporting that 4 yrs/80M was the offer the Seahawks put out there?

That was what was reported by Danny O'Neal according to sources, then many other articles cited him.

Most recently John Clayton has offered up 87 over 4, but that was a prediction rather than a scoop.

Largent80 · Jun 16, 2015

I simply don't care about Wilsons contract. We have him this year. And if he doesn't sign after that then 2 years of franchising

Shadowhawk · Jun 16, 2015

The Seahawks are willing to offer an extension that is in line with the deals other top-shelf quarterbacks have gotten, but not at another level. They'll give Wilson way more certainty and guarantees than the Dolphins offered Ryan Tannehill and a quicker path back to the bargaining table than the Panthers gave Cam Newton. In fact, Seattle's offer is in the same neighborhood of what Ben Roethlisberger got from Pittsburgh and could wind up in the same cul de sac, but the Seahawks so far haven't been willing to bankroll a new development up on the Quarterback Plateau.

http://mynorthwest.com/1036/2772007/Russell-Wilsons-contract-standoff-is-about-Seahawks-structure

Roethlisberger is making an average of $21.8 million per year. If O'Neil's report is accurate, then the Seahawks have come up from their original 4 year, $80 million offer.

Both sides are still talking. As long as they are still talking, nothing has been pushed to next year yet. Maybe it will happen, but this is only the latest salvo from Wilson's side, not the end of negotiations.

Basis4day · Jun 16, 2015

Hasselbeck":56056dbt said:
Basis4day":56056dbt said:

Hasselbeck":56056dbt said:

Basis4day":56056dbt said:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/446727943394312192[/tweet]

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If that's your way of saying Schefter could be wrong, a FA signing and a guy taking an insurance policy on himself are two very different things

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A reported FA signing and saying a player WILL play out his rookie contract are two very similar things.

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Never said he's playing out his rookie deal. Said he's playing this last season with an insurance policy on himself.

"Seattle QB Russell Wilson will play last season of his deal w/ insurance policy worth millions in case of career-ending injury, per sources."

Notice how it doesn't say anything along the lines of "if no deal is reached".

Also, it's only his last year if there is no new deal.

Anthony! · Jun 16, 2015

Largent80":12ih5tv0 said:
I simply don't care about Wilsons contract. We have him this year. And if he doesn't sign after that then 2 years of franchising

actually at best 1 year of tagging we canno9t afford 32 mil for one year with our cap and that is what it would be the 2nd tag year I am not sure we can afford the 25M+ for the 1st tag.

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