Russell Wilson Overpaid and Overhyped
On April 15 the Seattle quarterback announced that he is working on a new deal with the the team.
Russell Wilson is now the highest paid player in NFL history, with his new deal being for 4 years, $140 million, and $107 million of that amount guaranteed. This was a horrible move for the Seahawks, however. Wilson is overhyped and, now, overpaid.
Wilson was below average this past season, ranked the 20th best quarterback in the league. While he was a Pro Bowl level quarterback he only averaged 215.5 yards a game, and only had 3448 total yards passing. He had one good stat line this past season and that was touchdowns thrown, in which he had 35 and tied with Matt Ryan for 3rd most.
Wilson has been able to lead his team to 2 Super Bowls and won 1, but he was also responsible for them losing the other. He has also never been a top tire quarterback throughout his career. Never being ranked higher than 19 on job performance.
There has been an alarming trend lately of overpaying mediocre quarterbacks. The previous 4 quarterbacks to get huge amounts of money only 1 or 2 have deserved it. The previous 4 are Aaron Rodgers, Ryan, Kirk Cousins, and Jimmy Garoppolo. The only 2 of these had earned the amounts they were paid were Rodgers and Ryan.
The Seahawks have seemingly gone into a rebuilding mode and are trying to focus on their future, but an overpaid 30-year-old quarterback who doesn’t put up great numbers isn’t going to help the team going forward.
There was a smart move that could have been made by the Seahawks and now probably can’t happen because no team will take on that large of a contract. They should have traded Wilson to a team in need of a quarterback and gotten a quarterback in this year’s draft. They have a horrible situation for a rebuilding team, too. They only have 4 draft picks this year and there isn’t much they’re going to able to do with them.
The Seahawks aren’t going anywhere with the way they’re shaping their team and the future isn’t looking bright for them. But it seems the NFL is moving more towards a bunch of overpaid and overhyped quarterbacks.
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Cruddmuffin • Jan 9, 2021 at 8:24 PM
Wilson has great highlights but he’s a mediocre qb at best. 12-4 in 2020. Only 2 of those wins came against teams with a winning record. Miami and the Rams. Wilson just got an early exit from the playoffs yet again. He doesn’t have that defense and can’t win 17-10 anymore. He is overhyped and overpaid. Show me all the highlights you want but I’d rather see a win than a highlight. Even mentioning him for mvp is a joke. Don’t even get me started on Watson and that 4-12 record. Unacceptable for someone in the top 5 in salary. Wilson and Watson are way overpaid!
vlad mkrtumyan • Sep 23, 2020 at 1:17 PM
How does crow taste? This reads as someone who has never seen Wilson play. Compare his highlights to Ryan and you’ll see he’s much better hell Rodgers barely has highlights as good as Wilson.
Look at his completion percentage, he was no doubt right behind Lamar Jackson for MVP last years and is always in the running. It’s always him and someone else.
What a joke
Lost Hope In Seahawks • Jan 30, 2020 at 6:39 PM
Fully agree, Wilson is overly hyped, too overpaid and mediocre player. If you get paid like elite players do, then you have to play like an elite player. Seahawks made horrible mistake. They should have paid other Seahawks players a bit more than giving a top dollar to him who does not put his best effort to win the Superbowl. He does not seem to care about making the Seahawks win Superbowl again, all he is doing is just milking the Seahawks system by somehow earning his statistics and staying popular. He does not deserve the money at all. Whoever made this decision about paying him this much money does not seem to understand the NFL.
So sad to see wasting sooooooo much money on him and waiting for a miracle to happen, so we can justify the move. Seahawks is a mediocre team and we the fans just hope every game we get a weaker opponent, or we somehow make it thru the game. 🙁
One more thing, Seahawks recently replaced coordinators and many its staff, but I think the problem has long been the head coach Pete Carrol, not the players. The team has to find a better decision maker for his place.
Russ Bishop • Dec 9, 2019 at 12:47 PM
I agree with you. Wilson is overpaid and the Seahawks made a mistake giving him that contract. They would have been better off keeping Brett Hundley, build a strong team around him like they did for Wilson and let Wilson go to the bright lights of New York – or wherever.
The Seahawks have built their record this year by beating weak teams or teams that had their best players out with injuries. The Ravens, Saints and now the Rams took the measure of Seattle quite easily. Seattle struggled to beat some of the weaker teams. They are overrated and Wilson is no MVP.