Russell Wilson: Drama came from now-gone frustration. 'I hope I play my whole career here'
Russell Wilson sat with his wife Ciara in a suite in Tampa. They were in the stadium watching Tom Brady win yet another Super Bowl.
Wilson stewed watching Brady in Florida that Sunday night four months ago. Stewed and steamed.
Brady won his sixth ring that evening.
Wilson still has one. It's from the 2013 season that was his second in the NFL. That's now eight years ago.
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That, the Seahawks' franchise quarterbacks says now, was the genesis for the manufactured drama he and his agent helped fuel this offseason. You know, the national football soap opera about him supposedly having a chance (that never existed) to be traded out of Seattle this winter and spring.
"I did not request a trade," Wilson said Thursday, multiple times in his 30 minutes of talking with the media as the Seahawks' voluntary organized team activities ended. "I've always wanted to play here. ...
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