Seahawks Russell Wilson would welcome Antonio Brown to Seattle

The Seahawks seemingly want their offense to be the focus of the team in 2020. Russell Wilson loves the idea of Antonio Brown in Seattle. Should it happen?

Don’t be fooled, 12s. The Seahawks have loaded up on offense in 2020. Clearly, Seattle thinks getting offensive is their way to win a Super Bowl. Seattle has added Greg Olsen and Carlos Hyde and remade their offensive line. But Russell Wilson wants more and would “love” the idea of Antonio Brown playing for the Seahawks.

Wilson said at the beginning of this offseason that he wants more weapons in Seattle. I do not think he meant only offensively but Seattle did add Olsen and Hyde and then signed Phillip Dorsett as well. Dorsett’s signing seemed to be at the request of Wilson. Seattle hasn’t added top-end talent defensively, so this is probably indicative of what Seattle thinks it will take to win in 2020.

710 ESPN Seattle’s John Clayton wrote on Wednesday that Wilson “would love to add” Brown. Let’s play pretend and say that Seattle adds Brown to play him alongside D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Also, because of Brown’s off the field issues, let’s pretend that the Seahawks sign him for cheap. And let us also pretend that Seattle brings back Josh Gordon who also consistently has off the field issues.

Both Brown and Gordon would presumably be signed for not a lot. Both players would have to have the NFL welcome them back. Gordon was suspended again last season and needs to ask for reinstatement and hope the NFL quickly does do that. Brown hasn’t yet faced discipline for his sexual assault allegations and might not even be able to play should the Seahawks try to sign him.

Issues with signing Brown or Gordon

Personally, I might have more of an issue with the Seahawks signing Brown, rather than Gordon, due to Browns’s extremely odd behavior over the last couple of seasons. Remember his short time with the Raiders where he was asked to leave the premises before last season? That was a mess. Do we want him in the Seahawks locker room? Brown is reportedly close with recently re-signed backup quarterback Geno Smith, so maybe that would help Brown in Seattle.

Brown is aging, though, at 31. Of course, he wouldn’t be expected to be the number one, or even two, receiver in Seattle. Lockett and Metcalf, respectively, have that tied down. And his off the field issues might be harder to stomach than, say, Gordon’s.

Bringing Josh Gordon back would be more ideal than signing Brown. Gordon has internal demons that are squelching what his NFL potential could have been, but he still is young enough to be a very good third receiver for Seattle. In fact, he was underused in the little time he played for the Seahawks last year. At times, he was brilliant.

In a perfect world, though, Brown and Gordon both overcome their personal flaws, sign with the Seahawks, and Seattle’s 2020 receiving corps features Lockett, Metcalf, Gordon and Brown. Add them to a mix with tight ends Will Dissly and Greg Olsen plus running backs Chris Carson, Carlos Hyde and Rashaad Penny (eventually) and the Seattle offense might be unbelievable. Just the way the Seahawks seemingly want it in 2020.