seahawksTopGear":1drkhq9v said:
Don't have good news for you.
Earl will command around 7mil so only 3m more than this year.
Sherman 6 to 13! Mil (from 400k, auch)
Browner is also FA, same range as Sherman. Don't see how we get this done if FA. There is some discussion he may be RFA.
Bennet will be hard to keep (will likely cost red or clemons)
Hauschka just lowered his salary
mcquistan is already over paid for guard (under payed big time for lt)
Breno is also coming up, I can see his salary going up by 1 to 2m easy.
Tate will cost Rice (or vice versa)
We still need to get ready for 15+ for Russel the year after
Unless the nfl raises the cap substantially in the next two years we have some hard math and a lot of "it's a business" comments in our future.
Earl has one more year left under his current deal, so we want to get him extended but have all next year to do it.
Sherman, will be eligible for an extension next year, but is technically locked up for another year after that so we have time to work on his extension, although I believe he should be our off season priority as far as extensions go.
Browner is a free agent, and this has been discussed before. My best attempt at understanding the rule on this says that Browner is to become a UFA
Not mentioned in this is Walter Thurmond who becomes an Unrestricted Free Agent this offseason and will get starter money from someone. He may be gone if he can't give us some kind of "want to stay" discount.
Bennett was given a solid one year deal this year, and could sign for reasonable money, but that is definitely a to be seen. We have lots of players on the line and there's only so much money to go around
Hauschka signed a low deal this year, I don't think it would be a stretch to say we could easily keep him with a slight increase next year
McQuistan is making $2 million this year and is a solid guy who isn't flashy but can fill different spots along the line. He could be expendable but I think he could just as easily sign a reasonable deal
Breno is making $3 million this year, and I think we could keep him at something similar next season. I don't see us paying him $4+ million though, but we are short quality Tackle depth which is why him and McQuistan are important cogs for now.
Tate will want to get paid. We can't afford to pay him what other teams will offer him, so there will have to be some contract negotiating going on (will list a few targets later)
Not too worried about Russell. We can't even TALK to him until after NEXT year is over with. plenty of time to worry about that later.
Now, as far as players who may need to restructure or get cut, here's my list...
Sidney Rice - Scheduled to make $8.5 million in 2014 & $9 million in 2015 with a possible cap savings of $7.3 million next season considering his dead money
Zach Miller - We really don't have the depth here to lose him, but he's looking at $6 million cap value again this year and half of that is tied to bonuses. He may work out an extension to make himself a little more cap friendly. That would be my hope.
Marshawn Lynch - We all love Lynch, and I'm not asking for this to happen, but we drafted Turbin and Michael for a reason and that is not to look good in the pre season. Lynch is going to be going into the last year of his contract next year and would count for $9 million against the cap. We could save $7.5 million if we cut him and started Michael or Turbin. Perhaps we could work something out, but this one looks like a tough one to look past right now.
Brandon Mebane - is sitting at $5.7 million against the cap for the final year of his deal next year, and with only $200k in dead money, that leaves $5.5 million in possible savings. I love Mebane...he does the dirty work without tons of credit. He earns his paychecks, but his actual value vs his cap hit may become an issue.
Hopefully we can restructure/extend some of these higher paid guys and get their cap values down next year, but that remains to be seen. Our front office has a lot of work to do over the next season or so.
