Seahawks rookie QB Wilson impresses Bears
LAKE FOREST – At the end of the Seattle Seahawks’ rookie minicamp in mid-May, head coach Pete Carroll pulled Russell Wilson aside and delivered the news.
“You’ve got an opportunity to be the starting quarterback here,” Carroll said.
Never mind that the Seahawks had signed free agent quarterback Matt Flynn to a three-year, $26 million deal less than two months earlier. Never mind that Wilson was an untested third-round draft pick from Wisconsin who stood only 5-foot-11.
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