Former Seahawks’ LB Bobby Wagner is returning to Seattle on a one-year, $7 million deal.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 25, 2023
According to Adam Schefter at ESPN, former Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner is returning to Seattle on a one-year deal worth $7 million. For what it’s worth, free safety Quandre Diggs was actually the first to report it.
Make sure y’all know I reported that first! @AdamSchefter @RapSheet
— Nino (@qdiggs6) March 25, 2023
Wagner was released by the Seahawks last March and signed a five-year contract with the Rams, only to be a surprise cut a few weeks ago.
This comes as welcome news for Seattle’s defense, which may have had the thinnest linebacker corps in the league prior to Wagner coming back on board. For now Wagner should project to start next to Devin Bush, at least until Jordyn Brooks is recovered from his ACL tear.
Wagner has played 168 career games, 151 of them in a Seahawks uniform. He’s made eight Pro Bowl teams and earned six first-team All-Pro honors in his career. He has totaled an incredible 1,523 combined tackles and will most likely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer regardless of how the rest of his time in the NFL unfolds.
