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The Seahawks need Wilson, and should pay him any reasonable amount to keep him. Of course what is reasonable is up for negotiation and likely to vary depending on one's point of view. To me reasonable has to include the overall welfare of the team within the salary cap. If you get your "must have" quarterback and hamstring the team for a decade, that's not reasonable. If I'm the Hawks I factor in Dan Schneider's penchant for finding hidden gems in the draft.
Wilson is worth the huge contract for the reasons you outlined. My only point it that the Hawks need to protect themselves against the possibility, however much it may look unlikely now, that the loss of Marshawn Lynch requires Wilson to progress in other areas and he is unable to do so. Unlikely, but possible. It's possible that it's no coincidence that Wilson's fourth quarter wizardry blossoms at the same time that Lynch finally breaks opponents' wills and begins to run almost at will over, around, and through them.