Russell Wilson announced that he
was going to retire from football
and go to work for CBS Sports.
I thought he would go into the booth
like a few other former Super Bowl
quarterbacks did. Instead he followed
Terry Bradshaw and will do the pre
and progame shows for CBS.
I generally don't watch the pregame
show and on occasion the post game
show if the Seattle Seahawks are on
TV. It will take me time to see him
though I may go on his debut if I
remember. I expect that he should
do a good job and many Seahawks
fans will do so if they still like him.
Russell Wilson was drafted by the
Seahawks in 2012 in the third round.
He was one of those amazing stories.
The Seahawks had signed Matt Flynn
to a three year free agency contract.
Russell Wilson played his college
ball ending with Wisconsin however
many Seahawks fans had never heard
of him.
Wilson won the job coming out of
training. He ended up being the
starting quarterback for the Seahawks
for a decade. He start game one as a
rookie and started every game for
eight seasons. His last two seasons
he started 15 games being out with
an injury.
Russell Wilson became the second
quarterback in Seahawks history.
In his second and third seasons
in 2013 and 14 to go to the Super
Bowl. The Seahawks dominated
the Denver Broncos winning 43-18.
In the second game they lost to
the New England Patriots 28-24.
This was a game the Seahawks
could have or should have won.
Many fans thought the Seahawks
should have given the ball to
Marshawn Lynch at the goal line
instead Wilson threw a pass that
was intercepted with 20 seconds
left in the game.
Now we will see if Russell Wilson
goes into the football Hall of fame.
If he doesn't most likely because of
the throw. The Seahawks got their
revenge sort of by dominating the
Patriots in this last Super Bowl.
The Seahawks first quarterback
to take them to the Super Bowl
losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers
in a controversy was Matt Hasselback.
It was no doubt the worst officiated
game in Super Bowl history. Matt
came to Seattle after being the backup
at Green Bay.
Sam Darnold this last quarterback
taking the Seahawks to a winning
Super Bowl after signing with
Seahawks during last off season.
When he came out he was one
of the top quarterbacks drafted
much like his predessor Geno Smith
by the New York Jets. Smith is now
returning to the Jets after a year
where he and former Seahawks
coach Pete Carroll went to Las
Vegas to play for the Raiders and
had a terrible season. Pete was
fired and Geno got his walking
papers. Now we will see if Geno
can do something or this will be
his Swan song.
Even after leaving the Jets Darnold
was known for not winning the big
one including being in Minnesota
where they went to the playoffs but
couldn't get the job done. This lead
him into free agency. Instead of
resigning Geno the Seahawks decided
to take the chance on Sam.
Something that Russell and Darnold
do have in common it was the Seahawks
dominating defense that won the
Super Bowls. Right now Wilson would
be the best quarterback in Seahawks
history however Darnold's book hasn't
finished. If he is able to be the Seahawks
quarterback to win at least a second
time he probably will likely take that spot
even if he doesn't play a decade. Go Hawks.
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