As a deadline Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson set for Monday to get a new contract from the Seahawks comes ever closer, several reports over the last 24 hours indicated that talks between the two sides have intensified.
Most telling was a tweet late Saturday afternoon from Jake Heaps, a former Skyline High standout who not only was a teammate of Wilson’s with the Seahawks for parts of two seasons but also is now a head coach of Wilson’s RWQBAcademy.
Heaps’ tweet stated that Wilson’s agent, Mark Rodgers, and Seahawks general manager John Schneider “have been meeting for several hours the past couple days” further writing “hopefully there’ll be great news for all Seahawks fans if they can lock up” Wilson and that “Time will tell.