Russell Wilson will be remembered as a divisive figure for many franchises long after his career is over, but let's be real. He will be tied to no other organization as he is with the Seattle Seahawks. No other team got the full Let Russ Cook experience for a long period of time. Now, Wilson will be cooking with CBS.
The move to being an analyst with the network, which was confirmed by NFL insider Adam Schefter, is not shocking. Even during last season, many speculated that 2025 would be the quarterback's last season, and the next logical step would be for him to move on to talking about the sport.
He even auditioned for CBS during the last two seasons, sitting in as an analyst on CBS's pre-game shows during Wilson's teams' bye weeks. He was good and will likely continue to be. All those rehearsed lines that Wilson practiced during his career while answering the media's questions will be a great fit as a paid analyst.
Seattle Seahawks icon Russell Wilson finds a new happy home
No matter how Wilson's career ended with the Seahawks (and it did end quite badly), he was rarely viewed as a bad person. He simply had too big an ego, and that cost him his time with Seattle after he tried to go to ownership to have general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll fired.
He was shipped to the Denver Broncos in the same 2022 offseason, and it was in Denver that he suffered his Waterloo. He was given up on after two seasons, landed with the Pittsburgh Steelers for a season, and then the New York Giants for one. By the end, he was a backup, no longer the potential Pro Football Hall of Famer he was with the Seahawks, where he spent his first 10 seasons.
It was with the team in the Pacific Northwest that he won a Super Bowl, made nine Pro Bowls, was named Second-Team All-Pro in 2019, but never received an MVP vote. That last bit could dog him when his time for possible induction into the Hall of Fame comes up in five seasons.
What is certain, though, is that now that Russell Wilson will officially be retiring from the NFL, Seattle Seahawks fans won't be done watching the quarterback. Only now, with his ease of conversation and decent charm, he will try to shine as an analyst for CBS. No doubt, he will find success.
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