The rich got richer, and the best got better. Pretty much sums up the nuts and bolts of the Los Angeles Ram’s signing of formers Seattle Seahawks All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner. When the Seahawks botched Wagner’s earlier this month things went downhill from there for the Seahawks.
UNCEREMONIAL RELEASE
Seahawks General Manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll publicly and you have to figure privately apologized for their handling of Wagner’s release. For Wagner, it was pretty much water under the bridge and the six first-team All-Pro awardee moved on. Players that believe in themselves do not hold grudges. As the old saying goes, I will forgive but I will not forget. No doubt when the Los Angeles Rams offered Wagner a contract that valued his worth, a lot of memories came to mind.
HOMECOMING
Get paid your worth and get to play against your old team twice each year? What could be better? In all fairness playing for the Rams is a bit of a homecoming for Wagner who attended Colony High School in Ontario California the Utah State College.
Wagner is getting a five-year, $50 million deal in Los Angeles worth up to $65 million with incentives. The ten-year veteran will join an L.A. defense that boasts defensive lineman Aaron Donald cornerback Jalen Ramsey, and linebacker Leonard Floyd.
The 31-year-old Wagner was a Pro Bowler in 2021 and had a career-high 170 tackles. Wagner has produced 10 consecutive 100-plus-tackle seasons and has twice led the league.
In 2020, Wagner was one of 22 defenders named by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the All-Decade Team for the 2010s. His Hall of Fame-worthy résumé also includes six first-team All-Pro selections, two second-team All-Pro selections and eight Pro Bowls nods, tied for second-most in franchise history.
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