Seahawks sign Bobby Wagner to record-breaking $54M extension

The Seahawks have locked up one of the best defensive players in football. Seattle is signing linebacker Bobby Wagner to a three-year extension worth $54M, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Rapoport added that Wagner will get $40.2M in guaranteed money. At $18M annually, Wagner is now the highest-paid inside linebacker in the game, eclipsing the $17M that C.J. Mosley got from the Jets earlier this offseason. Wagner made it clear a few days ago he would attend training camp on time even though he didn’t have the new deal he wanted yet, as he wanted to be a good leader and locker room presence. Wagner has been standing off to the side and observing practice at the first few days of camp, clearly waiting for this deal to get done. The Utah State product had been set to enter the final year of a four-year, $43M extension he signed back in 2015. There’s now a huge gap between Wagner and Mosley at the top and the rest of the inside linebackers. Deion Jones is in third place with the extension he recently s

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