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Is Russell Wilson really that important to the Seahawks?

As football pundits around the nation continue to discuss Russell Wilson’s contract negotiations with the Seattle Seahawks, all kinds of opinions are materializing.

“Do the Hawks really need Wilson?” “Is he really an elite quarterback?” “Does he really deserve the same kind of money as Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers?”

We’ve heard it all — the skepticism and the optimism, the praise and the disapproval. So we wanted to take a closer look at the more common critiques of Wilson and his game as the fourth-year quarterback heads into the final year of his rookie contract.