Russell Wilson doesn’t just want an extension, he wants to be paid like a big time free agent at his position according to Ian Rapoport.
It’s not that Wilson wants to hit free agency, according to a source who has spoken with him. It’s that he wants to be paid as if he did. Meanwhile, thoughts of a fully guaranteed contract have not left his mind, especially with an agent who regularly negotiates such deals with baseball players.
Wilson is not a free agent, and this isn’t the NBA. Wilson will have to deal with franchise tags, which the Seahawks can utilize twice if they choose to at $25 million in ’16 and $30 million in ’17.