Bobby Wagner doesn't appreciate Seahawks' 'weak' excuse for non-communication

Bobby Wagner spent the first 10 seasons of his NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks, earning eight trips to the Pro Bowl, six First-Team All-Pro nods, and a Super Bowl ring. He thinks that run deserved a little more respect than he received when he was released by the team in March.

At an introductory press conference with the Los Angeles Rams — who agreed to a five-year deal with Wagner last week — the linebacker said he would've appreciated a "simple conversation" with the Seahawks before he was released.

"I think after 10 years, I think it's just simple communication," Wagner said, via Greg Beacham of the Associated Press. "I don't think it had to be that difficult. I watched their interview ... and I'm grateful, but when they said it was because I represented myself, I feel like that was weak. I don't feel like me representing myself, whether I had an agent or whether I didn't have an agent, I still felt like that was a conversation that they could have had.

"I just think that after 10 years, it could have been a simple conversation."

Wagner tweeted a similar sentiment shortly after his release.