SEATTLE — The news coming out Thursday that Russell Wilson had signed a whopping five-year extension with the Denver Broncos merely accentuated the stark reality facing Wilson’s former team.
For 10 years, the Seahawks had a franchise quarterback (or a reasonable facsimile thereof). And now they don’t. Furthermore, they entered that status voluntarily, of their own free will.
Obviously, there’s far more to the Seahawks’ decision to trade Wilson; indeed, every nuance and wrinkle has been debated ad nauseam. A valid case can be made the Seahawks had no choice but to make the move, given the strong apparent indications that Wilson had no interest in re-signing with Seattle (who’s to blame for that state of affairs is another debate for another time).
