Bruce Irvin has said a lot of things when it comes to where he will play football in 2016, but who knows what he really believes. Think back to when Irvin told BSO’s own Robert Littal he wanted to play in Atlanta, even if the money was close. Now he is telling ESPN 710 in Seattle something totally different:
“I mean, I love Seattle, and I want to spend the rest of my career there. Like I always say, those guys took a chance on me when everybody wasn’t even thinking about me. I probably would have gone second, third round. So those guys will always have a place in my heart, a special place.”
He even addressed the question of if the money was close:
“So like I said, if the money was close, I would definitely consider it because the brotherhood I have with those guys, it’s like no other. I’m as close to most of those guys as I am with my real brothers, so leaving those guys would be very hard on me, but not only me, my family also.”
Soon it will be time to put his money where his mouth is and alienate one, or both, of the fan bases. Jason La Canfora reports that he is a hot commodity that could command much more than the $9-million per year that some had suggested.