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Bobby Wagner and the Seattle Seahawks had been solely separated for a 12 months earlier than either side realized the divorce wasn’t meant to final. Wagner and the Seahawks are reuniting for the 2023 season because the six-time All-Pro linebacker has agreed to phrases on a one-year, $7 million contract, in line with a number of studies.
Seattle security Quandre Diggs confirmed Wagner’s return on social media.
Wagner had probably the most tackles within the NFL throughout his 10 seasons in Seattle (1,383), turning into the one participant in NFL historical past with 1,300 tackles, 20 sacks, 10 interceptions and 50 passes defended throughout his first decade within the league. Still on the prime of his sport when the Seahawks launched him, Wagner completed with 170 tackles, three quarterback hits, a sack, 5 cross defenses and a pressured fumble whereas incomes All-Pro and Pro Bowl nods in 2021.
Spending the 2022 season with the Los Angeles Rams, Wagner nonetheless carried out as probably the greatest linebackers within the sport. He completed with 140 tackles and notched a career-high six sacks together with two interceptions and 5 cross defenses. He was the one participant within the NFL final season to compile such numbers. Wagner had a number of interceptions in a season for the primary time since 2017. He was the one participant within the NFL final season with
Wagner will return to Seattle with 11 straight seasons of at the least 100 tackles, the second-longest streak by any participant since 2000. (London Fletcher has an extended streak at 14.) His six All-Pro first crew alternatives are tied for the fourth-most by any NFL linebacker because the merger in 1970.
