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May 15, 2015 at 4:55 pm #24611
znModeratorRussell Wilson’s cryptic tweet bemoans ‘lack of gratefulness’
The Seattle Seahawks and Russell Wilson are in the midst of a protracted negotiation process related to the quarterback’s next contract. While there have been whispers of ebbs and flows and rumors of some progress being made, the parties’ inability to come to terms on a mutually satisfactory extension of course comes down to one thing: Money.
A report from a few weeks ago suggested that Wilson and the Seahawks are “10s of millions apart” in arriving at a number, so the stage certainly is set for frustration on Wilson’s part. The dire assessment of how the negotiations are proceeding corroborated an earlier report from April that indicated little to no progress was being made.With all that in mind, Wilson took to Twitter on Thursday and shot off two tweets that couldn’t have been more cryptic, although they are consistent with themes Wilson frequently relies upon for his tweets. And because of the nature of his social media musings, the meaning or meanings behind the two from Thursday can be interpreted countless ways.
“Always control what you can control,” Wilson writes in the first tweet. “Never let others nonsense & lack of gratefulness & respect bring you down.”
“Doubted me then. Doubt me now. All I know is the#BestIsAhead either way,” Wilson writes, linking to a photo on Instagram of his workouts at the NFL Combine. “Sleep if you want to…”
The photo linked in the second tweet is from his workouts at the NFL Combine.
Obviously, the knee-jerk reaction is to assume the tweets are related to how Wilson is becoming frustrated with the progress — or lack thereof — in hammering out a deal with the Seahawks.
The tweets of course could be completely benign, innocuous, and most of all, not related in any way to his contract negotiations with the team. Conspiracy theorists, though, will have a field day with the tweets as they attempt to glean what exactly Wilson is attempting to convey.
And Seahawks fans? The tweets could very well give them indigestion. Perhaps the most over-anxious ones should make a donation to the “Keep Russell Wilson in Seattle” GoFundMe page. The site so far has raised less than $1,000 toward its stated $5 million goal, so there’s plenty of work to do
May 15, 2015 at 4:56 pm #24612znModeratorSeahawks’ Michael Bennett: Jimmy Graham is still ‘overrated’ and ‘soft’
By John Breech | CBSSports.com
When Jimmy Graham walks into the Seahawks locker room before the team’s first workout on April 20, don’t be surprised if things get a little awkward.
For one, linebacker Bruce Irvin has been tweeting that he wants to fight Graham. Now, Graham is also going to have to deal with Michael Bennett, who doesn’t have a very high opinion of the former Saints tight end.
After the Seahawks beat the Saints in the playoffs following the 2013 season, Bennett called Graham “one of the softest players” in the NFL.
In an interview with KIRO-AM in Seattle on Thursday, Bennett was asked if he still stands by his comments.
“I still feel the same way,” Bennett said. “Just because he’s on my team I don’t stop feeling that way.”
Not only did Bennett call Graham soft after the Seahawks playoff win in January 2014, but he also called the former Saints tight end “overrated.”
“Nobody likes Jimmy Graham. I think he’s one of the softest players in the NFL,” Bennett said at the time. “I think he’s overrated and I really don’t like him as a person or as a player… When he’s not in the game he’s not in the game. He doesn’t help on the blocking plays. I think he’s just overrated.”
Although Bennett is standing by his comments, he did say on Thursday that he’ll try and be a good teammate. Graham was traded to the Seahawks on March 10.
“Obviously, I’m going to be a better teammate to him because he’s on my team,” Bennett said. “I can’t do the things I was doing to him when we were playing him. But obviously when he comes to our team he’s a part of our team so we have a different philosophy than they had with the Saints so the things he was expected to do with the Saints are going to be different when he comes here.”
Since the Seahawks offense revolves around Marshawn Lynch, Bennett is fully expecting that Graham will figure out how to block.
“Obviously, we are a running team so he is going to have to block and do all those things,” Bennett said. “I don’t feel as harsh as I did at the time because he’s my teammate now but at the time he was on time opposite team and we’re pretty good and we battled with him a couple of times and I didn’t really like that too much.”
Both Irvin and Bennett seem to dislike Graham for the same reason and it stems from that January 2014 playoff game. A group of Seahawks players almost got in fight with Graham because Graham was warming up in Seattle’s territory and wouldn’t leave after the players asked him.
“He was warming up in our area and I asked him to move, and he said, ‘I’m Jimmy.’ So I knocked the ball out of his hand and I kicked it across the field,” Irvin said in January 2014. “So that’s how it started. That’s how it started.”
You can see a clip of the altercation below.[
May 15, 2015 at 6:52 pm #24619
canadaramParticipantHere’s hoping that the bitterness leads to dysfunction that lasts into week one of the season.
May 15, 2015 at 6:54 pm #24620
InvaderRamModeratorcool. i hope they implode.
May 15, 2015 at 8:36 pm #24628
wvParticipantMaybe Fisher could ask Bennett to have a little talk with
Mr Cook about softness and blocking.w
vMay 16, 2015 at 4:24 am #24636znModeratorReport: Wilson extension ‘highly unlikely’ this offseason
SEATTLE – It’s beginning to look like the Seattle Seahawks and quarterback Russell Wilson may not reach an agreement for a contract extension this offseason, with a new report pegging a deal as “highly unlikely.”
Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole, citing “sources who understand the situation,” reported the Seahawks are willing to wait until after Wilson’s four-year rookie contract expires following the 2015 season before negotiating new terms, possibly using the franchise tag on him for 2016 and even 2017.
That likely would cost the team less than what Wilson and his agent are looking for: a contract that pays about $20 million a year over five years, Cole reported. The Seahawks don’t seem willing to pay Wilson top dollar until they absolutely have to.
“Primarily, the Seahawks figure that, even with the franchise tag in two years – in 2016 and 2017, after Wilson’s contract runs out after this season – they’re going to pay him no more than about 45 to 48 million dollars for Wilson over the next three years,” Cole said Friday. “Based on that, they’re willing to play out the string on this one.”
Meanwhile, Wilson has become more and more frustrated, sources told Cole – which comes as no surprise. Wilson’s recent tweets have begun attracting attention, namely the ones that suggest he doesn’t feel appreciated by someone or something, though he hasn’t explicitly mentioned the Seahawks.
Wilson is slated to earn $1.7 million this season in his fourth and final year of his rookie contract. The Seahawks have enjoyed great success under the leadership of Wilson, Seattle’s third-round pick in the 2012 NFL draft, and have gotten him for a steal over the past three years.
After earning about $544,900 in 2012, $681,100 in 2013 and $817,300 last season, Wilson is looking for a contract worthy of the league’s top quarterbacks, likely to exceed $20 million a year. Such a deal would, by some measures, make him the highest paid player in the NFL.
Yet the Seahawks, according to recent reports, either don’t think Wilson is worth Aaron Rodgers money or want to delay those big paychecks as long as possible – or both. The latest rumors suggest Wilson and the Seahawks are getting further and further apart in the negotiations, and Friday’s report from Cole shows just how contentious the process may be.
May 16, 2015 at 4:20 pm #24667znModeratorMike Florio
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/16/saturday-one-liners-45/
Seahawks LB Bobby Wagner hopes to “soon” have a new contract, but to date he has “heard nothing.”
May 16, 2015 at 7:31 pm #24669znModeratorSeahawks’ Bruce Irvin says he’ll be playing for Falcons in ’16
Terry Blount, ESPN Staff Writer
Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker Bruce Irvin says he will be playing for the Atlanta Falcons in 2016.
“I’m going to be in Atlanta next season,” Irvin told BlackSportsOnline.com while attending the Eastern Conference semifinals in Atlanta on Wednesday night. “I’m ready.”
Bruce Irvin has had 16.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and three interceptions in his three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports
The Seahawks did not pick up the fifth-year option on Irvin’s contract, which would have cost the team $7.8 million in 2016. Irvin is playing this season for $1.6 million.He sent out a couple of angry tweets last week about the Seahawks not picking up his option.
“Faced way tougher adversity getting outta them streets coming up!” he tweeted. “That’s s— is nothing! F— THAT OPTION!”
Irvin’s Sack Attack
If Bruce Irvin sticks to his word and leaves Seattle, the lost production won’t be lost on the Seahawks. Most sacks in the first three seasons in franchise history:
YR PLAYER TOTAL
1982-84 Jeff Bryant 25.5
1990-92 Cortez Kennedy 21.5
2012-14 Bruce Irvin 16.5
Note: Sacks official since 1982-83
Irvin is from Atlanta and would like to play for new Falcons head coach Dan Quinn, who was the defensive coordinator with the Seahawks before taking the Atlanta job in February.Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff, addressing rumors during a radio appearance earlier this month, said he hadn’t given a second thought to acquiring Irvin because the linebacker is currently under contract.
Irvin was asked Wednesday if he would stay in Seattle if the Seahawks anted up after this season.
“Atlanta is where I want to be,” Irvin said. “Believe that.”
Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com contributed to this report
May 17, 2015 at 6:32 pm #24720znModeratorHawks Won’t Meet Wilson’s Lofty Contract Demands, No Deal in 2015
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