Russell Wilson announced his retirement on Wednesday, a move that likely didn't shock any Seattle Seahawks fans. After all, Wilson was hired by CBS to be a studio analyst for NFL games this coming season, meaning he wasn't going to be playing for any team.
Still, 12s have a right to be conflicted about Wilson's career coming to a close. Maybe not so much sadness, but definitely some bittersweetness to the situation.
Had the quarterback not accidentally forced himself out of the Pacific Northwest by trying to have general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll fired after the 2021 season, he might have been QB1 for a bit longer for the Seahawks. He was diminishing, sure, but he still threw with accuracy and tossed a pretty deep ball.
Russell Wilson's goodbye to football should warm the hearts of Seattle Seahawks fans
Many of Wilson's responses to media questions over the course of his career seemed rehearsed, and his social media post letting people know he was walking away from the sport was too. He at least controlled his own narrative. Plus, the post was well done.
The three-minute and 15-second tweet starts as it should, with Wilson dressed in his Seattle Seahawks uniform about to run onto the field. He then talks about growing up in Richmond, Virginia, before going into a short montage of him playing for his various teams.
For much of the first two minutes of the clip, as Wilson does a narration that thanks those who helped him in life and in football, specifically former Seattle head coach Pete Carroll, he has Seahawks highlights. Some of the footage that follows has him playing for the Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers, or New York Giants, but by the end, he is back at Lumen Field with Seattle.
Thank You, Football.
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) June 3, 2026
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In other words, Russell Wilson knows how he made his bones in the NFL, and it wasn't due to some other organization; it was because of the Seattle Seahawks. It was Seattle that chose him in the third round of the 2012 draft when, as he points out in the video, many other franchises thought he was too short. And it was the Seahawks that gave him starting duties immediately.
What is easy to forget now, after several poor years of playing football since he left the Pacific Northwest, is just how good Wilson was with the Seahawks. He was highly efficient, had an incredible ability to escape a pass rush, set franchise records in most positive passing statistics, and helped lead the team to its first title. Russell Wilson might now be done, but he will never be forgotten.
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