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"Obsessed with Winning": The Mind Game Driving Russell Wilson's Best Season Yet

Russell Wilson is asked why, as one of the greatest players of his generation, he hasn't won an MVP award. His answer is telling.

"It's not something I really think about," Wilson says. "But if I had to guess, I think there are people just beginning to really notice me."

It's a remarkable statement. It's also remarkably accurate. Wilson has long been an almost cloaked superhero. Playing in Seattle, outside the traditional NFL media power centers, as well as his low-key personality, has led to his greatness being overlooked.

There has never been a player in the history of the NFL who has, at the same time, been so impactful, so important to the league, so remarkable and, in so many ways, almost invisible.