The best linebacker in football. A team he has never feuded with. A city he has embraced from the moment he arrived. This was never an if but always a when — a no-brainer with zero suspense.
Late Friday afternoon, the Seahawks made Bobby Wagner the NFL’s highest-paid linebacker by signing him to a three-year, $54 million extension, which includes $40.2 million guaranteed. The deal might not be as long as the five-year, $85 million extension C.J. Mosley inked with the Jets in March, but it does pay more annually.
Anything short of that wouldn’t have felt right for the 29-year-old Wagner, who’s on the fast track for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.