Russell Wilson Named Seahawks’ Week 1 Starter
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Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It looks like rookie quarterback Russell Wilson’s first preseason start impressed Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.
Carroll announced Sunday night that Wilson will start the teams first regular season game September 9 at Arizona.
“It’s been a very exciting competition that has gone on, and Russell has taken full advantage of his opportunities and has done everything that we have asked for on the field and more than what you guys could know off the field in meeting rooms and with our players and how he’s represented. He’s earned this job,” Carroll said on a conference call Sunday night. “It was a legitimate competition as we said from the beginning, and with the opportunity he’s taken advantage of he deserves to start.”
The decision to start Wilson means that newly signed free agent Matt Flynn will be on the sidelines. Flynn left Green Bay in the offseason and signed a three-year $26 million deal with the Hawks; $10 million of that is guaranteed.
Wilson joins fellow rookies Brandon Weeden (Browns), Ryan Tanehill (Dolphins), Andrew Luck (Colts) and Robert Griffin III (Redskins) as Week 1 starters.
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