‘I don’t think there’s any trust’: The irreconcilable differences of Russell Wilson, Seahawks
New York TimesBy Michael-Shawn Dugar, Jayson Jenks and Mike Sando Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2022. After the Seahawks lost in the playoffs following Wilson’s rookie season, the quarterback found Carroll on the team bus to express his optimism for the future. Let’s win multiple.” Wilson and Carroll won their first Super Bowl together the next season, then made it back the following year. “They’re totally the same.” At the end of the 2016 season, with Wilson established as one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL and Carroll as one of the best coaches, Sherm Smith spoke with Carroll, then 65, about whether the head coach had thought about retirement. But when Carroll later said that his relationship with Wilson was the best it’s ever been, a source close to the quarterback described the coach as “blowing smoke.” The sentiment on Wilson’s end was that Carroll in these discussions did nothing more than tell Wilson what he wanted to hear.
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