Which team made the best QB trade?

By: Walter Hudson Sr.

The story broke recently that NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers will remain with the Green Bay Packers, after scoring a four-year, $200 million contract extension, becoming the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback.

There was some talk around the NFL about Aaron’s stability of being with the team that was possibly uncertain. Now we know it is certain that Rodgers is happy with the Packers. After all, he has 200 million reasons to be.

Shortly after the breaking news about Rodgers, the football world learned the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos were in a trade where Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson will be in a Broncos uniform for the 2022-2023 season, in exchange for quarterback Drew Lock, tight end Noah Fant, defensive lineman Shelby Harris, two first-round picks, two seconds and a fifth.

Wilson’s production at quarterback began to decline with the Seahawks from a finger injury that gave the Seahawks its losing season under Wilson at the helm.

The time has come for the Russell and the Seahawks to part ways. It will be interesting to see how Drew Lock will perform with the Seahawks, who need to rebuild the offensive line and add additional receivers and running backs that once helped Wilson reach Super Bowl XLVIII, where the Seahawks defeated the Broncos 43”“8 in Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014.

There are those who hope to see Russell Wilson, former Wisconsin Badger, get back to his winning ways with the Denver Broncos, like the Seahawks, who did not qualify for the 2021 playoffs.

The football world was put in a state of shock again, a day after the Russell Wilson trade, the Washington Commanders and Indianapolis Colts agreed to a deal that will send quarterback Carson Wentz to Commanders in exchange for two third-round picks. The Commanders have committed to Wentz $28 Million salary in addition to some guaranteed money for the 2022 season. Let’s see if Wentz can stay healthy this year since we know he has been injury-prone. He tore his ACL in week 13, with the Philadelphia Eagles against the Los Angeles Rams.

We will find out in this year’s 2022 NFL Draft, in Las Vegas, what QB needy teams such as Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, will draft or trade for a quality quarterback. Until then, such teams are on the clock!