With training camps officially underway for all 32 NFL teams, the storyline early has been about the players who didn’t show up. Pro Bowl players like Melvin Gordon, Ezekiel Elliott, Michael Thomas, Trent Williams, and Yannick Ngakoue have opted to start the 2019 season as holdouts.
In Seattle, the Seahawks have not had any drama with their elite players. On the contrary, the team just announced that they have agreed to a three-year, $54 million extension with stud linebacker, Bobby Wagner (according to Turner Sports’ Taylor Rooks). The All-Pro inside linebacker had made it known to the team that he was looking for a new deal as he was entering the final year of his previous contract.
Wagner was drafted by the Seahawks in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft and ever since then his presence has been a staple of Seattle’s defense.
Last season, another big piece of the team’s defense, Earl Thomas, was upset over his lack of a new deal prior to the start of the season. No new contract was agreed upon and Thomas ended up fracturing his leg—and relationship with Pete Carroll—and ultimately ended up signing with the Baltimore Ravens this offseason.
By locking down Wagner before the season, any talk or supposed distraction about Wagner’s future in Seattle is gone and the team can fully focus on what’s happening on the field.
Becoming the highest paid linebacker in football isn’t the first accolade for Wagner this summer. A few weeks ago it was announced that he would be part of the Madden 20 “99 Club” (one of four players to be awarded with the game’s highest ranking).
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