“He and His Agent Proposed $30 Million”: NFL Insider Spills on How Russell Wilson Got ‘Fleeced’ Out of $10 Million on Seahawks Contract

The 2022 season has ended and now is the time to start preparing for the next season. The first order of business, try and get the contract extensions for the players that the franchises want to keep. Here the players name the highest price they can, and the franchises try to bring them down. An NFL insider spilled on how the Seattle Seahawks once fleeced QB Russell Wilson of almost $10 million during negotiations.

One of the deals to keep an eye on this year would be the Daniel Jones saga. But Mike Garafolo isn’t bothered by what Jones is asking from the New York Giants.

How the Seahawks brought down the Russell Wilson demand?

NFL analyst Mike Garafolo spilled the beans on how Russell Wilson asked for a big contract but then signed a lower one a day later. Talking about the Daniel Jones situation with the Giants, Garafolo said that the reported $45 million a year demand means nothing.

“A lot of talk of Daniel Jones and a reported, rumored price of $45 million per season that a lot of people are saying,’ you gotta be kidding me with that number’. Frankly, I don’t care about that number,” Garafolo told the NFL Network.

He then brought up the Wilson situation with the Seahawks to make his point. And the point was that anyone could ask for any number till the deadline of making such decisions.

“I mean, I go back to Russell Wilson. Years ago, he and his agent proposed to the Seahawks $30 million per year on a multi-year deal. The next day, which was the deadline to do a deal day, (he) agreed to 21.9. So, you can ask for whatever you wanna ask for, up until the point where a decision has to be made,” the analyst added.

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The Giants want to sign Jones on a multi-year deal after a brilliant season. Now it is all about who folds first in the negotiations.

The Daniel Jones situation 

Daniel Jones had a great 2022 season with the Giants. According to many fans, he carried the team to the playoffs and got them to the divisional round in the playoffs. He is out of contract after the season and the Giants want him on a multi-year deal. But he reportedly wants $45 million a year to sign with them.

The Giants have an option to use the franchise tag on him, but they will take a huge cap hit for that. Jones is still in negotiations with the franchise, and they have till March 7 to decide on the franchise tag. Will Jones get his way? Or will the negotiations go down the Russell Wilson way?

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