No one in the NFL takes huge risks, plays by his own rules, changes expectations and comes out on top quite like Russell Wilson.
Wilson has been forcing NFL teams to rethink how they operate since he led the Seahawks to the Super Bowl as a pint-sized, scrambling third-round pick. On Monday, he taught the league a lesson on how much power a team's superstar really wields: a lesson that other young quarterbacks (and other top players) are sure to follow in the near future.
Wilson didn't just ask for a contract extension from the Seahawks and twiddle his thumbs hoping for a response.