Carroll and Wilson each have two years remaining on their contracts and how the offseason changes work out might influence decisions to be made a year from now.
If a coach and a quarterback are the two most vital pieces of any NFL team, then consider the two most vital pieces of Seattle’s run to the Super Bowl title in 2013 now finding themselves challenged as never before in their time with the Seahawks.
And for coach Pete Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson — the man who put it all together in the meeting rooms and locker rooms, and the man who had the biggest responsibility for executing those plans on the field — the 2018 season could well determine the course of their Seattle futures.