By Greg Vega 
The Quarterback Carousel has been remarkably quiet for a long time – then came the Big Bang: Russell Wilson traded for the Denver Broncos, and the Seahawks pressed the restart button in Seattle. But how can the Seahawks explain the perspective? And what about the wider quarterback market and draft?
Also: Why is the decision now a legacy issue for Pete Carroll and John Schneider – and is compensation justified in the Seahawks’ view?
Five Questions About Fascinating Business Just Before Starting Free Agency.
1. What is the trade for Seahawks?
Is this good business for the Seahawks? No. No because it is No. Ejecting a top 10 quarterback who is still playing at a high level is a good trade-off.
If it is still less in one year, it does not give much of the draft position and is not in view of the next quarterly settlement. That should be made clear at this point.
Next question: Could the Seahawks have gotten more?
From a Seahawks perspective, I would have heard of three first-round picks; Two first-round exams – one ranked 9th overall, and two second-round picks, number one in this year’s draft. Ranks 40th, not the only value. But this is not a disaster.
Especially with Nova Font – Shelby Harris a solid defensive tackle but a backup quarterback at 30 and Drew Lock – Denver got a good deal, but the Seahawks still have a fair amount of value.
Seattle did not get their band at the trading desk here, but it is perfectly understandable why Seahawks fans did not see anything inspiring in this trade. Leaving the first 10 quarterbacks with no heir in hand inevitably plunges you into darkness.
And you will be sportingly irrelevant for a long time.
Despite the $ 26 million Dead Cap in the trade, the Seahawks save $ 11 million on Cap space. Philadelphia swallowed only 33.8 million when the Eagles traded Carson Vents to Indianapolis, the second-highest dead-cap total ever.
Seattle’s list needs to be recreated
So where is the “but”? This is not a good deal for the Seahawks – but?
The fact that Wilson was facing Seattle’s list before the trade was even worse. There are no building blocks, which means you can have players who can build anything in the next 3 or 4 years and beyond. Metcalfe, Jamal Adams, Jordin Brooks – the list probably ends there, and only one of these three players holds the premium spot.
Seattle has been short of resources for the past few years, and without Wilson trading, this year would have continued at least in terms of draft capital. But construction sites are plentiful, not just in perspective.
The offensive line is a problem, the bass rush is not good, the secondary Many starting players are becoming free agents, and players like Bobby Wagner and Tyler Lockett are on the verge of collapse or on the verge of collapse. Wagner was fired shortly after the trade ended, and is said to have been obtained through the locket trade.
How realistic is it that another championship list will be built around Wilson?
It’s no surprise that 70-year-old Pete Carroll has agreed to go this route, and he will now be rebuilt in Seattle. But they may have concluded in Seattle that there is no alternative to a resume – it will no longer take place with Wilson. They did not want to pay Wilson $ 50 million a year in the future, while Wilson saw Seattle as far from rival status.
The Seahawks made a consistent decision
When it came to this point in the Seahawks perspective, it was logical to take this step now. Wilson’s business value is unlikely to grow further in the next few years, and choosing a half-baked solution would have been the wrong approach.
So: Keep Wilson, but do not invest aggressively around him and thus get caught up in the over-exaggeration – or come to the conclusion that you will not win any title through this center, but are not ready to make that hard cut.
Anyway, over the next two to three years Seattle would have won eight, nine, maybe 11 games, but would not have been part of the competitive circle.
Those years with Wilson would have been much more positive than he was without it, for sure, and you’ll always had at least one chance with a top 10 quarterback. But what if Wilson really wants to leave, while at the same time Seattle officials decide that restructuring is inevitable?
There is an effect to this conclusion, which speaks for a better self-assessment of one’s own situation than we have seen in Seattle in recent years.