While I’ve been saying for awhile now that Russell Wilson’s April 15 deadline is more like a “deadline” in that it wouldn’t make sense for Wilson to turn down a deal past the deadline if it met his demands. But either Wilson or his agent Mark Rodgers or Peter King are trying to make it more serious than that. According to King’s Football Morning in America column this week, Wilson and Rodgers won’t negotiate with the Seattle Seahawks again if a contract isn’t reached on Monday.
Today’s a big day in the Pacific Northwest if you take Wilson and Rodgers at their word, that—according to a source close to the talks—they say they won’t do a long-term deal with the Seahawks if it’s not done by tonight.