Russell Wilson will always be relevant to the Seattle Seahawks. Eschewing the shadow of Wilson for a 12 is forgetting an important part of the most successful era in team history. Wilson was the best quarterback in Seattle football history, and he became endlessly irritating.
Part of the issue is that he seems unaware of this. He is the Steve Garvey of the Seahawks, except without having all the children out of wedlock. When Garvey was with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s and '80s, he honed an image that made him look clean-cut and a leader.