Russ's full salary contract cost after trade

[Hawknight]

Russell Wilson wound up costing Seahawks far more than $35M per year

The years-long saga of the Seattle Seahawks and a potential Russell Wilson trade has finally come to pass, with fans of both the Hawks and the Denver Broncos looking forward to what the future...

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By John P. Gilbert@JohnPGilbertNFL Mar 23, 2022, 8:00am PDT

A kick in the stomach it feels, but is what it is.

 

[Boycie]

If he wasn't going to re-sign with the Hawks, then we had to do something and take the hit.

 

[JustTheTip]

If he wasn't going to re-sign with the Hawks, then we had to do something and take the hit.

This. While not ideal it was the best thing to do given the situation.

 

[chris98251]

90 million was a pretty good hit, Tyson like actually.

 

[BigMeach]

If you read what Schneider said about what RW's agent actually wanted with his contract being tied to the cap itself, we got away with one here. Not to mention, while we are going to pay that money out, once it's over with we won't be needing to do anything like that for a while. We're going to be just fine on cap going forward until we build a dominant team and have to start really putting up giant contracts.

 

[Boycie]

I just watched is Drew Lock A Good Quarterback? on YouTube, and I may be out to lunch here, but with the way Pete wants to run the ball, and having a big body like DK to throw into coverage with, he might surprise us all? I feel pretty good about him, but I am not very smart, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

[chris98251]

Lock is going to have to prove he can beat the Blitz, our division loves to flood the lanes and or send Safeties or CB's also. His mental make up and ability to read coverages and react will be the real test. Why all the combine stuff is irrelevant if between the ears and reaction from see to execute a move needs to be elite, not arm strength, ability to run, then quick release. Why Peyton, and others were so damn good, it's between the ears.

 

[rcaido]

Lock just needs to not turn the ball over and hand the ball to Penny & Carson. The occasional bubble screen. If he does that we might win 4 games.

 

[Hawkpower]

Lock just needs to not turn the ball over and hand the ball to Penny & Carson. The occasional bubble screen. If he does that we might win 4 games.

Russ handed it off over and over and then mixed in an inexplicable deep bomb on 3rd and 1 and we still won more than 4 so.....

 

[toffee]

Lock does have big arm, can go deep, just not as accurate in his deep ball when compare to Russ. He also couldn't handle pressure and wouldn't or couldn't throw until he sees the WR; but he does have quick release and tall enough to see the field.

I think Lock's season would a strong running game, lots of play actions, and occasional deep balls. Lock, Geno might have to hold down the fort till we got our next franchise qb.

 

[AgentDib]

Yes, Russ was expensive at the end of his time here. The article author is not being fair with the math however by adding this year's dead money and then not including 2019. If the question is whether that last extension was a good deal or not, then it's important to subtract out the value of what we got for him in the trade which is significant.