Not that Seattle needs another reason to love Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, but now I'm ready to bake him a football-shaped cake or something:

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson on Tuesday praised Missouri defensive end Michael Sam for his courage to come out as gay before the NFL draft, saying Seattle would welcome him to the locker room.

“He’s very courageous to come out and talk about it. You have a lot of respect for somebody that can do that,” Wilson said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” TV show, adding, “If he’s on our team, I know that we’ll treat him with utmost respect just like everybody else.”

“To be honest with you, when I step into the huddle for the Seattle Seahawks, my focus is on winning football games,” Wilson told “Fox and Friends.” “And our goal is one goal, and that’s to win the Super Bowl. And every time we step out onto the field, that’s our mindset. So when I step into the huddle, I don’t care if my offensive lineman is white, black, if my receiver is Jewish or Christian — that has no effect on me.”

The 12th man is already loud—they would goddamn explode if the first gay player in NFL history walked onto Century Link field this year in a Seahwawks jersey.

Folks with memories and hearts may also notice that Wilson is taking the opposite tack of bigoted piece of shit Chris Clemons, the Seahawks defensive end who said last year that an NFL gay player coming out would be a "selfish act" that will "divide the team."

But because there is justice in the world, the news breaks today that Clemons may be pushed off the team while Wilson is recognized as categorically awesome.