Fansided

NFL News: Tom Brady doesn’t tell big little lies, a legend leaves Denver, and Wagner shows his true colors

By Kristen Wong

Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks to the locker room at halftime during the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 08, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks to the locker room at halftime during the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 08, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
3 of 3
Next
Bobby Wagner, Seahawks, NFL news
Bobby Wagner #45 of the Los Angeles Rams looks on during the third quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on January 08, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) /

NFL news: Bobby Wagner reveals he took less money to join Seattle

It’s official: Bobby Wagner bleeds Seahawk green. The former Los Angeles Rams linebacker joined the Seattle Seahawks this offseason on a one-year, $7 million deal, and it was an especially tender reunion for Wagner.

Wagner was drafted by Seattle back in 2012, and he enjoyed a decade of dominant linebacker play in the city he considered his home. Wagner and Seattle went through a rough patch in the 2021 offseason that led to him being released from his contract, and he ended up signing with the Rams on a five-year deal with the hopes of competing for his second career Super Bowl win.

Long story short, the Rams combusted, and Wagner crawled back home to Seattle where he belongs.

Wagner leaving for LA broke just about every heart in Seattle — that’s how much the fans loved him. He gets a precious chance to end his career with the team that drafted him and revealed just how badly he wanted to come back, even to a franchise that rather unceremoniously dumped him.

The Seahawks legend-in-the-making reportedly took less money to rejoin Seattle, and while it’s not clear exactly how much more he would have made elsewhere, the sentiment is enough.

Seattle is coming off a surprisingly successful season and holds many core roster pieces like Geno Smith, DK Metcalf, and Tyler Lockett; bringing Wagner back should be a massive boost of morale and a valuable addition to the defense, and the team is no doubt eying another postseason run in 2023.

Will this be Wagner’s final opera in Seattle? Kudos to the Seahawks brass on the Wilson trade, but don’t screw this one up.

Next. Biggest what-if in each NFL team’s history. dark

Home/Denver Broncos