The Seattle Seahawks quarterback will now earn $157 million in salaries over the next five seasons. Or $31.4 million per. With $107 million of it guaranteed.
Not bad for the sixth quarterback selected in the 2012 NFL Draft – in the third round, 75th overall, after Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden and Brock Osweiler.
Word of the deal leaked Tuesday shortly before 4 a.m. EDT – on Twitter, by Wilson himself. He posted a video of himself, lying next to his wife Ciara, saying, “Hey, Seattle, we got a deal.” News reports broke about half an hour later. Start with career touchdowns-to-interceptions ratio. Whereas Rodgers last season improved his from 4.01-to-1 to 4.23-to-1, and New England’s Tom Brady saw his fall slightly from 3.05-to-1 to 3.02-to-1, Wilson’s rose from 2.88-to-1 to 3.11-to-1. Wilson thereby has replaced Brady as No. 2 all-time in this category, behind only Rodgers.
Yet one player almost singlehandedly kept Seattle among the ranks of the NFL’s best teams in 2015 and 2016, and nearly again in 2017, before last season’s roster overhaul and success renaissance.And he did it by passing at an elite level. Not running and passing; mostly just passing, while scrambling for his life much of the time behind dreadful protection until last fall.
“There are a number of players in my opinion, and our scouts’ opinions, and our coaching staff’s opinion, that warrant being the first overall selection,” Keim said, per reports. THE SCHEDULE: The NFL, apparently oblivious to the fact that three Canadian NHL teams face crucial playoff tests Wednesday night, will release the 2019 regular-season schedule Wednesday at 8 p.m. EDT.
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