Of the handful of universally beloved things in this country, two are NFL football and “Star Wars” movies. It’s not often these two pillars of American pop culture intersect, but when they do, it’s usually a big hit.
One of the most popular images trending on social media is “Baby Yoda,” an adorable little character from Disney’s new streaming series, “The Mandalorian.”
On Monday before the Seahawks’ primetime showdown with the Vikings, a new version of the popular “Baby Yoda” was edited to resemble quarterback Russell Wilson.
To encourage Pro Bowl votes for Seattle players, the Seahawks official Twitter account issued a dare to fans . . . with 33,333 retweets, “Baby Yoda Russ” would become the team’s new profile picture.
🚨 BY POPULAR DEMAND, if this gets 33,333 RTs by 12:12pm tomorrow, we'll change our profile picture to this. @DangeRussWilson@Bwagz@clownejd@TDLockett12@ccarson_32@DuaneBrown76@ShaquillG@mdcksn@KJ_WRIGHT34#ProBowlVote x #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/9fm6xyrLzD
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) December 3, 2019
Of course, it’s not just the fans who have gotten into this social media phenomenon. Wilson himself also changed his profile pic to “Baby Yoda Russ.”
This Is The Way… pic.twitter.com/JWnyzQHoMg
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) December 3, 2019
Even the NFL’s official Twitter account is getting in on the fun as well. This year after major primetime games, the NFL tweets out a graphic from “The Checkdown” depicting players from the winning team.
In this image showing Wilson, Bobby Wagner and DK Metcalf enjoying coffee in the Space Needle, fans should zoom in on Wilson’s phone.
The @Seahawks sit atop the NFC West at 10-2 🙌 #Seahawks
(via @thecheckdown) pic.twitter.com/YOxQkKiHlS
— NFL (@NFL) December 3, 2019
Seahawks Twitter is a lot like this year’s version of the team – a little bizarre at times, but more than fun nonetheless.
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