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The Seahawks quarterback even spoke warmly Harvin, but does Wilson have more work to do with the rest of Seattle's roster?
In his latest weekly notebook, NFL Network's Albert Breer wrote that "some of Wilson's teammates see him as the coaches' guy, and believe he hasn't done enough of late to ingratiate himself to those he plays with. It's fixable, of course. But it's there."
As NFL.com's Marc Sessler notes, it's a tension franchise passers often encounter, having to set the example during the workweek while being able to relate to your teammates.
Wilson, though, "doesn't go out and party with the guys; he's a first-in, last-out type at the office, and he's fostered strong relationships with his coaches," Breer wrote.
But more importantly than the off-field intrigue is how this situation plays out on the field.
According to Breer, fallout from the Harvin trade might extend more directly to offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, who struggled to placate the X-factor with an array of gadget plays aimed at milking the most out of Percy's physical gifts.
That "led to many in the organization thinking that the offense was losing its way," wrote Breer.
After some Seahawks players openly campaigned for a "return to the team's downhill-running ethos," Bevell responded by handing Marshawn Lynch 18 carries last week in St. Louis after just 10 carries against the Cowboys -- with Harvin in the lineup -- in Week 6.
Breer noted that a handful of Seahawks players will be "watching closely in hopes that this trend continues."
Meanwhile, it's worth noting that Harvin was catching the ball, on average, just 1.1 yards past the line of scrimmage as Bevell called bubble screens and hitch routes for him to, as Bevell reiterated again this week, keep teams from double-teaming him downfield.
Upon Harvin’s arrival with the New York Jets this week he said he wasn’t happy that Bevell and the Seahawks didn’t throw to him more down the field.
“I had many conversations with him about it, just about his role and the things that we would ask him to do. He never articulated that to me,” Bevell said. “I mean, he caught a deep ball in the Washington game (40 yards for what would have been a touchdown but for a personal foul on guard James Carpenter that negated the catch); unfortunately it got called back. But the thing was we wanted to make sure he was going to be involved in the game and get the touches. You know, you can just double team somebody and just take him out of the game (with deeper balls).
“He never did. But we’ve moved on past that. It’s left in the past.”
Asked if there was a difficulty integrating Harvin’s skill set into what the Seahawks wanted to accomplish on offense, Bevell said flatly: “No.”
That said, not trying to force the ball to what was perceived to be their most dangerous threat could be good news for fantasy owners wanting more from Lynch. Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse and Paul Richardson should also beneift.