Seahawks trading Russell Wilson would be clinically insane

There sure has been a lot of buzz about the Seahawks putting Russell Wilson on the market, either in the past or now. In a word, that would be insane.

The Seahawks have done their bit to add to the insanity of 2020. Just to make sure I’m not crazy, 2020 is a little nuts, amiright? First, half of the Amazon rainforest and Australia caught fire. Then we thought we were headed for World War III. We’ve seen huge floods and major earthquakes. We have this little problem with a virus going around; you may have heard of it. Oh, and Giant Asian Hornets showed up, just for fun. So why not cap it off with rumors that the Seahawks were thinking of trading away Russell Wilson? Remember, 12s, it’s only May.

To be fair, the Seahawks may not have actually done anything at all. However, the rumor came out a while ago that the Hawks explored a trade of Russell Wilson to the Cleveland Browns in early 2018. The Browns reportedly offered their first-round pick, the top selection overall in the 2018 draft. I can see why Cleveland would be interested; I mean, we’re talking about Russell Wilson. The Seahawks might have been interested for a couple of reasons. First, they had just missed the playoffs for the first time in six years. Second, Wilson was two years away from a new contract, and it was expected he’d break the bank on this one. And he did, as we all know.

Now, this is why that trade talk was crazy. I’m not disputing that it happened, just stating for a fact that the idea is insane. Yes, the Hawks missed the playoffs in 2017 with Wilson under center. As all good 12s will recall, 2017 was the year that the Hawks offense literally *was* DangeRuss, and no one else. They had no running game after rookie Chris Carson went down in Week Four. Tight end Jimmy Graham dropped almost as many passes as he caught. Wilson accounted for an incredible 86 percent of the offense, an all-time NFL record.