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Seahawks’ Russell Wilson on the NFL MVP race: ‘It’s great to be in the conversation’

RENTON — Seahawks star Russell Wilson says he’s trying to block out the outside debate about a tight race for the NFL MVP award between him and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson.

But he did intimate that it is, of course, a goal of his to be the MVP one day.

“It’s great to be in the conversation,” Wilson said during his regular Thursday news conference at the VMAC. “I think at the end of the day, when I come into the season I’m trying to be the best player in the National Football League every time I step on the field, every time I get a chance to play.