NFL Rumors: Bobby Wagner Strongly Denies Signing With Rams To Spite Seahawks

Six-time All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner was released by the Seattle Seahawks in a stunning move earlier into this offseason and has since been signed by the Super Bowl LVI-winning Los Angeles Rams.

For Wagner, the move to one of the Seahawks’ biggest rivals is nothing personal despite what others might think, but it does not mean that he will not play to the best of his abilities.

“I don’t have that much hate in my heart. I’ll make sure they know where I am. It won’t be a quiet game for me,” Wagner said as quoted by The Seattle Times.

The Seahawks decided to cut Wagner from the squad as he enters his age 32 season this year to save up around $16.6 million in the cap space, which put the NFL into a frenzy.

At one point, it was believed that the Baltimore Ravens were on track to sign him to help out their struggling defense, but Wagner instead chose to join the Rams on a five-year, $65 million contract.

It was revealed recently by NFL insider Ian Rapoport that although the Ravens offered Wagner a two-year, $36 million deal, the former Seahawk’s deal with the Rams had higher incentives and he had the capability to stay home in Los Angeles.

Wagner has big shoes to fill with the Rams after they lost Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller to the Buffalo Bills.

His ability to stop the run and continuously pressure the opposing quarterback on every down has made the 31-year-old one of the most, if not the most, coveted free agents this offseason.

“The player kind of took it personally, but the agent went to work,” added Wagner who is also serving as his own agent similar to Ravens star Lamar Jackson.

His decade-long stint with the Seahawks will forever be remembered by Seattle fans, but Wagner has moved on and will look to earn his second Super Bowl ring with the Rams.