Seattle Seahawks: Russell Wilson needs to expand his trade wish list

Russell Wilson seems to want out of the Seattle Seahawks organization, but the teams on his wish list might not have the capital to trade for him. 

Despite making the playoffs in all but one season, Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks aren’t getting along at the moment. Wilson is frustrated that he’s not included in the organization’s decision-making and is also getting annoyed at being the most sacked quarterback every year.

Wilson’s feelings are validated, but unfortunately for him, the teams he listed on his wish list might not be the most realistic options at this point in time. The Cowboys just gave Dak Prescott a lot of dough, so they’re no longer an option.

The Bears and Saints might be good landing spots, but what could they give Seattle in return? Neither has a trade-worthy quarterback and the Saints, in particular, don’t have many draft picks to offer in return.

The Raiders are the only potential option still remaining, as Derek Carr would be a decent quarterback coming back in the trade, but he’s nowhere near Wilson’s level. The Raiders would have to give up a lot more to land Wilson.

If Russell Wilson doesn’t want to don a Seattle Seahawks uniform anymore, he needs to open up his wish list a little more.

The aforementioned teams don’t have what it takes to land Wilson in what will certainly be a massive trade, assuming it does go down in the next few years. The only teams who could really give Seattle what they want in return for their future Hall of Fame quarterback would be the Dolphins and the Jets.

Both teams have a top-three pick and both teams have a young quarterback they could send back in return. While Seattle might instead opt to use that top pick on Zach Wilson or Justin Fields or whoever, getting Sam Darnold or Tua Tagovailoa in return wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world (though they’d definitely want a few more key players in the trade).

The problem here would be that once this happened, Wilson would find himself in a similar situation. He’d be with a team who gave up a lot to acquire him and might not have the pieces around him to win. The Dolphins would probably be the better team between the two, as the Jets aren’t close to winning big games just yet.

Russell Wilson is probably going to have to stomach one year of playing for the Seahawks, but if he wants out sooner, expanding his list of preferred teams is the best way to ensure he gets his way.