Top 10 Seahawks Of All-Time: Where Does Russell Wilson Rank?

How much does the Seattle Seahawks' Super Bowl LX victory change our all-time top-10 Seahawks list?

How much does playing quarterback influence our thinking?

How much "recency bias'' comes into play?

FOX Sports recently tried its hand at such a list, and comes away being accused of "rage-baiting.''

Russell Wilson is the No. 1 greatest Seahawk of all-time? And Sam Darnold is suddenly in the top 10?

Whoa, c'mon, FOX.

Here, we attempt to assemble a top-10 all-time Seahawks list that recognizes historical greatness.

And no, with all due respect, Darnold doesn't make the list. (How can he be above Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker, who by the way also doesn't make the cut?)

Now, there are guys here who were members of the Super Bowl XLVIII championship squad, but they have to have accomplished even more than that to crack our list.

To wit ... 

The tone-setting "Beast Mode" was a five-time Pro Bowler who rushed for at least 1,200 yards in four straight seasons. 

He got an All-Pro nod during a career-best 2012 campaign during which he totaled 1,590 yards and 11 touchdowns on 315 carries.

And he probably would've earned back-to-back Super Bowl titles had Seattle simply given him one more goal-line carry against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX.

There are any number of "Legion of Boom" guys who are worthy of thinking of as a centerpiece of that defense.

Thomas - a six-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro - deserves that title as much as anybody.

Injuries shortened his career, but during his time, he was about as elite as anybody, as he went over the 1,300-yards mark on a perennial basis while earning three consecutive Pro Bowl nods, an All-Pro berth, an Offensive Player of the Year award and a high-profile role for the team's first appearance in the Super Bowl.

Alexander is still the all-time franchise leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.

Sherman was - and is - all about the swagger.

The long-framed cornerback was on a roll during a space from 2012 to 2016 when he led the NFL in picks (with 26) while also earning three All-Pro and four Pro Bowl nods.

Sherman was bold and brash and made statements that put his teammates in position to have to join him in backing them up.

And more often than not, they all did that.

Easley, the No. 4 overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, was a fearsome presence in the secondary for the better part of a decade ... and was a playmaker as well.

"The Enforcer" totaled 32 interceptions in just 89 career games, including a league-high 10 during the 1984 season, earned Pro Bowl nods in five of his seven career campaigns and was named to three consecutive All-Pro teams.

The Seahawks weren't always good, but even during a down time in franchise history, Cortez Kennedy excelled.

The defensive tackle was the No. 3 overall pick in 1990 out of Miami in part due to the surprising athleticism contained in his stout 305-pound frame.

In 1992, Kennedy had 14 sacks - an incredible number for an interior defender - and won Defensive Player of the Year.

He finished his career with no playoff wins, but with eight Pro Bowl nods and three All-Pro teams.

"DangerRuss'' was too short and to some was too "corny.''

So he was but a third-round pick in the 2012 draft - a move that paid off in a massive way.

Wilson was a nine-time Pro Bowler with the club and he helped the Seahawks hit the heights with their back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.

He did it with smarts and creativity and guts ... and talent, too - talent that shouldn't be disregarded even though after 10 seasons he made another big impact by being traded to Denver.

Wilson holds nearly every passing record in Seahawks history, and yes, QB play matters. Wilson is an all-time great, no doubt.

Wagner might stand as the greatest symbol of Seattle's most triumphant time, a linebacker who performed at a Hall-of-Fame level while also conducting himself in the classiest of ways.

Wagner was named to nine Pro Bowls, setting a "Legion of Doom'' standard that Seattle continues to try to live up to today.

The First Great Seahawk, the wideout earned seven Pro Bowl nods, had three berths on All-Pro teams and - despite not being among the biggest or fastest of NFL stars - led the NFL in receiving yards twice during an incredible 14-year career.

Largent became a first-ballot Hall of Famer after coming here via a scrap-heap trade, and at the time of his retirement was perched atop the franchise stat board for career receptions, receiving yardage, receiving touchdowns, most consecutive games with a catch, 50-plus-catch seasons and 1,000-yard receiving seasons.

There are plenty of glamor guys on this list.

And then there is Walter Jones.

Seattle fans might be biased, but they can argue that he's as good as any offensive tackle to ever play the game. ... and the "experts'' nationally seem to largely agree.

Jones made nine Pro Bowls and four All-Pro teams and holds a spot on the NFL's 100th Anniversary All-Time team.

He was a craftsman as a pass-blocker, a road-grader as a run-blocker, and a foundational piece of the first Seahawks team to make a Super Bowl, though that club lost to the Steelers in Super Bowl XL.

Jones is the best of the best ... a grand list of top-10 Seahawks who create a legacy to be chased by the present group that is about to defend its Super Bowl title in 2026.