Bobby Wagner Signing Would Mean 'New Level' for Seahawks - K.J. Wright EXCLUSIVE
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It is appropriate that Bobby Wagner, once again a free agent, has suitors. Being an All-Pro - again, even as he approaches age 33 - will do that for a guy.
And maybe it is also appropriate that as he leaves the Rams after a one-year stint, he makes a return to where it all started.
His long-time Seattle Seahawks linebacker buddy K.J. Wright can visualize that.
"Bobby will make his teammates better,'' Wright wisely tells SeahawksSI.com in an exclusive interview. "Wherever he goes, he will help take that organization to a new level.''
The Seahawks could use that. So could many other teams, like the Dallas Cowboys.
What may be the most natural fit - Wagner going free from the Rams (his 2022 employer) to return to his original and long-time team, the Seattle Seahawks, also seems to be in play.
Wright and Wagner played together in Seattle for almost a decade, and won a Super Bowl, too. They are best friends, and while K.J., now out of football, doesn't want to speak for "Wags'' ...
Well, he can certainly speak about him.
Why should Wagner, who turns 33 in June, go back to Seattle?
"When you’ve played a decade for one organization,'' Wright tells us, "it is your second home. Your home is there. You know what your routine is going to look like, you know everyone in the building.
"Everything flows well when you’re 'home.''
At the same time, Wright concedes that Wagner should consider the Cowboys, should a real offer come his way.
"He played (in Seattle) under (now-Dallas coordinator) Dan Quinn, who knows how to utilize his skill set to make him dominate for another year,'' Wright tells us. "He’ll come in and show the Cowboys what a 'championship culture' looks like. How to prepare your mind and body. How to study film and how to be a great off the field as well.
"For Bobby? It makes all the sense in the world to bring his play and presence onto that football team.''
Wright raves about Wagner's "football IQ''; It is "like no other guy I’ve ever played with. He sees and understands the game so well.''
That is a commodity that Wagner, a six-time first-team All-Pro, surely believes brings added value wherever he lands.
"I know Bobby knows his value, which has consistently shown itself on the football field,'' Wright tells us. "The team that signs him will be someone who is serious about holding up that Lombardi Trophy at the end of the 2023 NFL season.''
Here's betting Seahawks fans feel the same way.
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