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The Russell Wilson Contract Distraction

In the NFL, as in real life, days are filled with pressure and adversity. The Seattle Seahawks are learning that negotiations with one player have a chance to affect the entire team.

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OTA’s alone are a stressful time for late-round picks and undrafted free agents. These are men trying to secure a job for themselves and their families against solid veterans who expect to make the team. They are not unlike so many Americans facing similar circumstances. What is different? Compensation.

Seattle Seahawks QB, Russell Wilson, started camp in 2012 as a 3rd round draft pick with no guarantees he’d play, or even make the team.