After much talk and back-&-forth, QB Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks have come together on a contract extension, that locks him up through the 2019 season...
Four years, $87.6 million...The contract has a $31 million signing bonus, and $60 million of the deal is guaranteed...The guaranteed money was the biggest thing Wilson and his agent were going after...$60 million of a $87 million guaranteed to a very rare thing in the NFL...
The contract works out to $21.9 million per season, just a hair below Aaron Rodgers who is making $22 million per year, making Wilson the second highest paid QB in the league...
Now things get trickier for the Seahawks...Michael Bennett and Kam Chancellor are both looking to renegotiate their contracts...And Bobby Wagner, Russell Okung, and Bruce Irvin are going into the final year of their contracts...
A hour after the news of the deal broke, Bobby Wagner tweeted, "Can't keep evryone"
While Wilson has gotten the security/money he wanted...And the Seahawks have locked up their franchise QB...A whole new level of expectations and scrutiny are about to be placed on Wilson's shoulders...I hope he's up to it.
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