Report: Russell Wilson Blamed Pete Carroll for Holding Him Back in 2019 NFL MVP Race

Brady Henderson explained what led to Wilson's trade to the Denver Broncos.

Henderson said that there was one minor fissure centered around the award.

Wilson's fast start made him one of the favorites for the league's most valuable player award, an award he badly wanted to win." Wilson was able to pull ahead because the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson were off. He threw two touchdown passes in the first half and only threw five passes in the second half.

According to a source who spoke with the quarterback, Wilson was livid at how the head coach had taken his foot off the gas, believing it had cost him a chance to grab hold of the Most Valuable Player award.

There may have been issues behind Wilson's quest for an award. John Schneider was the general manager of the Seahawks.

People around Wilson were angry that the franchise might bring in a successor.

Thanks to Seattle's perfect start in 2020, Wilson was once again building a case for the league's Most Valuable Player award.

There were some picks in the loss to the Rams. Wilson moved out of the pocket and appeared to have a path to the first down. He tried to pass across his body into the end zone, but he was picked off.

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A member of the Seahawks front office remembered asking after the play, "Are we trying to win games, or are we trying to win the Most Valuable Player?".

One prevailing narrative during Wilson's time in Seattle was that the team bent over backwards to accommodate him.

Some within the organization believed that Wilson was treated differently than his teammates and that he willingly stood apart from them.

That is in line with the reporting from the magazine in May of last year. The dynamic seems to go beyond normal jealousy.

Quarterbacks are protected in the NFL. They make more money than any other player on the team, and they get the most credit when things go well.

That can cause a delicate situation in the locker room, as the reporting on Wilson's time in Seattle lays out.

Seattle enjoyed its most successful run ever with the help of the greatest player in franchise history.

After a decade, you can understand why they would want to leave the business of Russell Wilson.