OT Bradley Sowell agrees to 1-year $1.5 million dollar deal

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#Seahawks and former #AZCardinals OT Bradley Sowell agreed to terms on a 1-year, $1.5m deal, source said.


https://twitter.com/caplannfl/status/709480355477250048


Never heard of the guy

Good cotract for a short utility lineman to provide competition and veteran insurance.

I'm calling it right now - Super Bowl!

Here was the longer thread about him:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=124142

At that price, the depth is not so bad. Another Paul McQuistan, this time to replace Bailey.

hawknation2016":afi679k8 said:

Here was the longer thread about him:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=124142

At that price, the depth is not so bad. Another Paul McQuistan, this time to replace Bailey.

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Yep, has experience at LT, RT and guard.

Whatever. Giant MEH

If this "value" was signed at other positions I would say MEH

Any addition to our offensive line is a plus in my opinion. He was on a very good team last year so intriguing to see what he can do.

Woot!!! I think people are going to be pleasantly surprised.

$1.5 million? That probably makes him one of the highest paid O-lineman on the team right now.

Yay. We we signed a Tackle....1.5 million? Do fat dudes in the NFL get outta bed for that much money?

Looking forward to the draft myself. We got a guy for 1 year with not much to show I'm meh, sue me.
I really want the Hawks to build a decent o line.

We could do a lot worse for Okung insurance.

-bsd

Largent80":11t2jg00 said:

Whatever. Giant MEH

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To be honest. We are terrible at drafting O lineman. We should sign 4 or 5 journeymen free agents and be way better.

He has experience at multiple positions so he's at the very least a Bailey replacement, which is nice. He could have some potential and become a low key very good signing similar to Rubin last year. In any case I'm happy we're brining in some FA competetion for the O-line.

Awesome. Firebee called this one.

His resume doesn't warrant much more than vet minimum, so this tender-level contract seems to indicate that Schneidy & Co. saw something they liked.

nanomoz":r26so442 said:

Awesome. Firebee called this one.

His resume doesn't warrant much more than vet minimum, so this tender-level contract seems to indicate that Schneidy & Co. saw something they liked.

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and a one-year deal indicates he believes in himself as well and will be motivated to play hard

It's a solid depth signing and buys us some flexibility. At the price, we've plenty more room to add more.

I hope Firebee ends up being right about this guy. Not surprising that Sowell could get lost on Arizona's roster trying to compete with Jared Veldheer. Maybe we'll get really lucky and Sowell will end up being the steal of 2016 Free Agency. If he's half as good as Veldheer, that would make him twice as good as Okung.

Had Seattle kept Alvin Bailey on the minimum tender, it would have cost $1.67 million. Money is pretty close. Which tells you that Seattle thinks Sowell is better than Bailey, or at least that Sowell is more palatable than Bailey.