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Pete Carroll took a football to the face before Sunday’s game - liny195 - 12-02-2019
and things didn’t get any better once the Seahawks and Saints took the field.A heavy dose of Alvin Kamara and big plays by the defense and special teams helped spur the Saints to a 33-27 win over Carroll’s Seahawks. The win moves the Saints up to 2-1 on the 2019 season and showed that they can survive without quarterback Drew Brees as he recovers from a right thumb injury over the coming weeks.Teddy Bridgewater was 19-of-27 for 177 yards and two touchdowns. One of those scores came on a screen to Kamara David Moore Color Rush Jersey , who then took the ball 29 yards into the end zone. It was one of several plays during the game that saw the Seahawks struggle to tackle the talented New Orleans running back. Kamara also ran for a touchdown in the fourth quarter and ended the day with 161 yards on 25 touches.The Saints defense put points on the board via a Vonn Bell fumble return and they also got a punt return score from Deonte Harris, although Harris also muffed a punt to set the Seahawks up with prime field position in the third quarter. An incomplete pass on fourth down ended the drive without points.That was one of many frustrations for Carroll, who sported a deep cut and bandage on the side of his nose as a result of the errant football. Chris Carson lost a fumble for the third time this season and the team consistently failed to convert third down tries.Russell Wilson did throw for 406 yards and run for two touchdowns, but that wound up being of more value to fantasy teams than his actual team as much of the compiling came once the Saints were up by three scores.New Orleans returns home for a Sunday night date with the 3-0 Cowboys. The Seahawks will try to rebound in Arizona. Russell Wilson signed the richest contract in NFL history. But is it the best contract in NFL History? Maybe not.An argument could be made that the contract signed last year by Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is better than Wilson’s new deal.(Let me know when you stop laughing.)Wilson’s deal commits him to the Seahawks through 2023, at an average payout of $31.4 million per year. Of the $157 million payout, 68 percent is guaranteed for injury and 44.5 percent is fully guaranteed at signing.Cousins’ contract covers only three years https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com , with an average of $28 million per year. The full amount — all $84 million — is fully guaranteed at signing.While Wilson is getting $3.1 million more per year, Cousins will hit the market again in 2021. Wilson won’t hit the market until 2024, at the earliest. And there’s an important difference regarding whether Cousins and/or Wilson will hit the open market. Wilson will be subject to the franchise or transition tag. Cousins has a no-transition tag in his contract, and the 44-percent rule (since he’s twice been tagged before) would make his franchise tender a whopping $44 million in 2021.Whether Cousins will get a market-value deal in 2021 will depend largely on whether and to what extent he plays well enough to merit one. But with the top of the quarterback market already spiking from $25 million per year to $35 million per year in less than 22 months, and with the salary cap poised to continue to spike with a new labor deal, new TV deals Seahawks Customized Color Rush Jerseys , and the growth of legalized gambling, Wilson may soon regret being committed through 2023.Cousins, on the other hand, may be very happy to be hitting the market at a time when agents and teams will know much more about where the cap is heading than they do now.