Wilson trade signals end of an era

“Bye Bye Russ.”

That was the text buzzing through my phone from a friend that alerted me to the unthinkable news Seattle Seahawks fans have been secretly dreading but fighting off with feigned thoughts of “that would never happen;” star quarterback Russell Wilson had been traded to the Denver Broncos for three players and five draft picks.

My heart sank as I knew the end of an era that had been dying a slow death had finally arrived. My teenage and young adult years were spent having a favorite NFL team that competed for a Super Bowl every year, or at least pretended to until Pete Carroll forg...