The Philadelphia Eagles failing to acquire Russell Wilson, only to see him traded to the Denver Broncos instead, was reportedly not for a total lack of effort.
Jake Heaps of Seattle Sports 710 appeared on KOA’s “Broncos Country Tonight” on Tuesday evening and revealed that the Eagles did, in fact, attempt to acquire Wilson.
“The reason why this [deal] happened so quickly and progressed quickly is because, one, Denver was working on this behind the scenes for a while now.
The other reason is because the Seahawks were limited, guys.