The agent for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson says that Wilson had the chance to get more money out of the organization but backed off for the good of the team.
Mike Florio of NBC Sports interviewed Mark Rodgers, a baseball agent by trade who negotiated Wilson's four-year, $87.6 contract extension he signed with the team at the start of its training camp, in a video posted on NBC on Yahoo Sports.
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As contract negotiations between the sides stalled during the offseason, speculation grew that Wilson was looking for a contract in the $25 million per year range, but his contract wound up at $21.9 million per year, which is second only to the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers, who is making $22 million annually.
Rodgers, however, said his quarterback issued a mandate that whatever deal was reached would not cripple the team's ability to keep its core group together.
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"This was a motivating factor," Rodgers told Florio. "Russell was very clear to me as he was about the (training camp) deadline that he did not want to do anything that was going to have this team broken up. In the 11th hour of this negotiation when we had the opportunity to squeeze the club a little bit harder, we actually gave a little bit in an effort to try to make sure that there was enough money for the club to make a real good run to tweak Bobby Wagner's negotiation. Russell is excited to keep the core group strong and together."
According to MMQB.SI.com, however, the Seahawks now have 10 players signed at a combined value of $97.38 million, limiting the Seahawks' ability to several young players who will become free agents next summer, per another Yahoo Sports report.
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