Should Russell Wilson Get a Franchise Extension?
If you’re thinking that teams taking more care about deciding how to pay their marquee players is more common, you’re absolutely right. Teams in the elite levels of the league don’t care about NFL betting odds or stats, all they want is to maintain their flexibility as long as possible, following the model of the New England Patriots, who have decided to pay Tom Brady and then surround him with replaceable parts year in and year out. When it comes to Russell Wilson, he’ll get an extension, but it will probably be for less than he wants. The process will probably also take longer than Wilson wants it to, because it will involve some realities that Wilson might not want to hear.