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Seahawks GM John Schneider Takes Blame for Handling of Bobby Wagner's Release

Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll accepted joint responsibility for how the team handled the release of Bobby Wagner after the Pro Bowl linebacker expressed frustration last week.

Bobby Wagner

Crazy part about all this. I played there for 10 years & I didn’t even hear it from them that I wasn’t coming back.

"Yeah, that's on me. I own that," Schneider told reporters Wednesday. "No, it really is [on me]. I wish I could have handled things better in that regard from a communication standpoint. I owe it to him.