When Seattle drafted Russell Wilson in 2012, it thought it had a QB in Matt Flynn. We all know what happened. Giants rookie Jaxson Dart might run that same play
By Frank Schwab | Yahoo Sports | August 13, 2025
In 2012, Russell Wilson arrived to the Seattle Seahawks as a rookie, and his role seemed well-defined.
The Seahawks had just paid Matt Flynn a three-year, $26 million deal to be their starter. Wilson was a third-round pick out of Wisconsin, and he’d wait his turn. Tarvaris Jackson was competing with Flynn for the QB1 job, not Wilson. Wilson wasn’t taken seriously as a threat to be the team’s starter.
Then the preseason happened. By the time August was nearly over, the Seahawks knew that Wilson was their best quarterback, and it didn’t make much sense to play someone else over him even though he was a rookie. Wilson would make the Pro Bowl in nine of his 10 Seahawks seasons, including his rookie season, and help the franchise win its only Super Bowl.
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