Earl Thomas became the bad guy on Sunday afternoon.
Thomas, future Hall of Famer, living Seahawks legend and the last surviving member of the Legion of Boom, fractured his leg in a dreary victory over the Cardinals after an offseason-long holdout and a month of skipping practices in pursuit of a trade. Leaving the field for the last time in a Seahawks uniform, he gave his own bench the middle finger in a classic wrestling heel turn.
Just in case flipping the bird did not solidify Thomas' bad-boy status, the NFL's most notorious conscientious objector joined the conversation when Seahawks teammate Bobby Wagner expressed his support for Thomas on Instagram.