Seattle Seahawks are trying to appease Russell Wilson, is it too late?
Russ Watch
I previously wrote about how Seahawk fans need to get comfortable with the idea of Wilson not playing in Seattle next year. I’m not saying Wilson will be gone after this year. I don’t know, and I’m not in his camp. What I do know is that from an optics point of view, Wilson’s time in Seattle is coming to an end. The Seattle Seahawks roster has many holes to fill. From offensive line to defensive line to corners. The team doesn’t have enough draft capital or salary cap space to fix all of their issues.
Now, it is possible that GM John Schneider hits a home run in the draft and can spend, both smartly and wisely, in free agency to fix all of the holes on the roster this offseason. Unfortunately, the likelihood of that happening is slim. Left tackles and corners are expensive and hard to acquire. The ones that show up on the free-agent market are there for a reason. Subsequently, the ones drafted take some time to develop.
Finally, all this is to say that Russ will have a decision to make at the end of the year, whenever that may be. As a run to the playoffs is shockingly still an option. It requires the Seattle Seahawks to win their remaining four games and get an insane amount of help and luck.
So, when the season ends, everyone will turn their attention to Russ and everything he does. It will be “Russell Watch!” Where his actions or subsequent lack of any actions will tell everyone what he’s going to do and where he’ll be playing football in 2022.
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