The Seattle Seahawks just signed quarterback Russell Wilson to a massive contract extension, making him the highest-paid player in the league.
Wilson didn’t come cheap, costing Seattle $140 million over the four years of the deal, including a $65 million signing bonus, $107 million in guaranteed money and a no-trade clause.
CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco asks whether or not this is now truly Wilson’s team.
“It should be,” Prisco starts. “With all the attrition over the past few years from their Super Bowl teams, the defense is youthful and building to something, which means it might be time to let Wilson play up-tempo more. I know that’s not what Pete Carroll wants to do, but at times the inability to spread things out and play fast hurt the Seahawks. You can still run when you spread teams out and play fast, so why not let Wilson loose more? If they had done that earlier in their playoff loss to the Cowboys, I think Seattle would have won the game.
“They are paying Wilson top dollar, so let him play free to help that rebuilding defense.”
To do so, Wilson will have to adjust to the loss of his No. 1 receiver after veteran Doug Baldwin decided to hang up his cleats. Tyler Lockett will undoubtedly step up, but Wilson will likely have a new handful of faces to throw to this season.
