Friday turning into Saturday was quietly important for a few Seahawks players as it meant that their base salaries for the 2017 season became guaranteed.
Six Seahawks players, in fact, had it written into their contracts that their base salaries for next year became guaranteed if they were on the roster five days after the Super Bowl.
As Joel Corry of CBSSports.com detailed last week, on Feb. 11 the entire base salaries of Russell Wilson ($12.6 million), Richard Sherman ($11.431 million), wide receiver Doug Baldwin ($7.75 million), linebacker Bobby Wagner ($4 million) and cornerback Jeremy Lane ($4 million) all became fully guaranteed.