Exactly. We have seen what happens when fans get too wrapped up in what NFL execs say. How anyone can argue 112 catches, 1475 yds from scrimmage, 11 TDs combined (and these aren't taking into account his return yds/TDs) over the last 16 games ISN'T worth a first rounder. Especially considering how young he is. A lot of people are over thinking this; Harvin is easily worth the draft compensation we gave up for him, and all of cap/contract talk is overblown.

Edit to add: This post below was a response to another thread that got locked. Edited it a bit to fit in with the post above.

For a hybrid player like Harvin, looking at receiving stats alone is misleading. Harvin has been hovering right around 1000 all purpose yards a season, without even taking into account his return stats. If you look at the stats above, name another WR that is better than that in their last 16 games off the top of your head. The list is small, I guarantee you. Again, add in another 1000+ yds returning and what you have is a guy who literally puts up as many yards as the best all around skill position players active in the game. Anyone who thinks this guy is second tier or less isn't looking at the big picture.

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^ THIS

I have said it here but was told you don't draft to keep players from your opponents. If you follow soccer ask Milan of the 80's -90's what they think about that policy...........

Point being Harvin is a great fit for us but I am fine if the 4th rounder thrown in there was simply for the reason of keeping Harvin from the 49ers. Having him on their team with Crabtree and Kaepernick running would NOT have been a good matchup. Then they got that Gore running back guy..........they would have been extremely hard to defend and we were open across the middle a lot last year

Guess what now we got the RW, Harvin, Lynch guys on our team and I think our outsides with Tate and Rice are better than Manningham and Crabtree. I think Boldin only replaces Moss doesn't add much so I am very happy with the overall outcome

I am still scared to death though that 49ers put in a bid on Cruz..........

Exactly. Teams have "cap gurus" for a reason. We'll front load some contracts and back load some others. We'll ask guys to restructure the terms of their contracts (not the $$) to bennefit the cap situation and yes... we'll eventually see some old favorites move on as they become cap casualties, but we've seen what these guys do in the draft, so replacements will come (and on the cheap too). They'll make the math work. I'm not in the least worried about their ability to keep the core of this team together. As long as Russell, Russell, Earl and Sherm are locked up for the remainder of their lives, we'll be alright.

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What...? it's not like anyone banged a turtle or anything. Just chill.....

Temporary break in the action for a little levity:

I wonder if Percy likes donuts?

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You are a smart man.

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He's Canadian, dude. You wanna re-think what you just said?

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I think Harvin was frustrated. By what people who cover the team state he is a very bright guy that was very frustrated. He had no faith in his QB or OC ( remember the headaches improved after the OC did)

As far as the price. Add up the points for the picks and it comes across a pretty good deal. If you had moved up enough to get a player in the draft with the same potential they maybe great. However,they had not even played a game in the NFL.


Price? This is not the Mariners. They spend not to just compete , but to win. Sometimes you have to be bold and get the parts you need to win in the 3-5 year window.

What I find odd... think back to the SB team and SEA was in a lot of ways like the Steelers then. They were young and known for D. They had a good run for quite a while. The Seattle teams was older and we had one shot...like the 49ers.

Ha Ha...Tate could hook him up!

FTFY

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Not the remainder of their careers, but their lives? I admire your dedication to the Hawks sir!

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"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." - Mark Twain.

Not to sound harsh, but I think a few people are being naive with regards to value/money. Sure, Seattle can keep their essential players even with the Harvin investment. I made the same argument in my Revis thread. However, there is no escaping the fact that this acquisition will cost Seattle multiple players. 3 players from the draft alone, and 2-3 more from the financial side too. It's basically a "blockbuster" trade a bit like when the Knicks traded for Carmello or the M's traded for Erik Bedard. I think Harvin will work out better than those deals did, but I don't think we should just downplay the cost to justify liking the move.

In trying to put faces on this trade (take this with a grain of salt), we basically acquired Harvin in exchange for something that might resemble this: Datone Jones (1st round), Kenny Stills (7th round), D'Anthony Thomas (3rd round next year), Kam Chancellor (maybe $7 million a year), Jason Jones (maybe $5 million a year). It doesn't have to be those names, but it would be a comparable package of talent.

Additionally, the damage from this trade may possibly compound if Seattle feels they must work back into the first round this year for a pass rusher, just like how the Deon Butler trade kept coming back to bite us in the ass for years due to a draft domino effect (not having a 3rd in 2010 forced us to overpay for CW, the lack of a 3rd rounder the following year from the CW trade forced Seattle to trade down which contributed to a very weak start to that 2011 Seahawks draft).

Reworking contracts is never a given, btw. Look at how many players refused pay cuts in recent weeks and were let go as a result. If you approach Rice, Miller, or Bryant about reworking their deals, you better have a backup plan for their positions, because the odds are pretty good that they wouldn't accept a pay cut and you'll have to get rid of them.

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"I believe there’s merit to the idea that once something in life becomes conventional, it’s no longer the safest path to success." -Matt Waldman
"If everyone's thinking alike, no one's thinking." -Bill Walsh

I love this. It's exactly how I've been trying to wrap my head around it. From Pete's perspective (and by extension, the whole locker room vibe, because the two are still one and the same) you do what it takes to get the right team assembled. Every step of the way, every competition and look-see has been set up for that. Every current Seahawk has to know this move just made the team significantly better and harder to defend. Even a guy like Golden or Leon, who must wonder 'what does this mean for my role?', knows that adding Percy Harvin fits with the win forever/always compete ethos that is so deeply fundamental to the program.

I invite everyone who is worried at all about any aspect of this, to try to stave off the anxiety. Let the professional eggheads sort out the salaries and trust that they are not going to forget how to manage money just because we brought in a highly paid yardage machine! If you are one who must fret, save it for when/if it's warranted, ie, when we start losing games we should win (I seriously doubt this happens). Otherwise, this is supposed to be a HAPPY OCCASION! Let's not bicker and argue over who cost how much! With the weapons we have, our offense will move the ball over huge tracts of land!

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From much of what I'm reading/hearing it sounds like if Seattle had been less aggressive here that Harvin would probably be a 49er right now instead of a Seahawk.

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Skipping out on the reworking or re-signing players part, because nobody except the players know what they are willing to accept to stay here and continue building this team up.

As far as drafting goes though, we had 10 picks this year and there was absolutely NO WAY they were all or even a high percentage (8 or more) going to make the team. If this is the case, and I believe it to be so, then trading picks is not hurting us at all. The seventh rounder especially as I believe we had several of those picks. If we need to get back in the first round, I would also have no trouble packaging a few later round picks, or perhaps Flynn with our 2nd round pick to move up, but at this time I'm not really sure we need to move up. We've actually had more success from our 2nd round and later picks than our first round picks.

And we would ALL be saying the 49ers overpaid for an oft-injured malcontent 3rd receiver.

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Agreed - but there is a difference between reworking contracts to make them more cap friendly (converting bonuses, for example) and pay cuts.

Most players probably won't go along with a pay cut, but having their deals reworked where they get a bonus instead of salary is a pretty good deal since they get it all at once.

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YEAH, WE HAVE A DUDE NAMED CHRISTINE...DEAL WITH IT!

Truth. I am not a fan of the moderator policy when it comes to stuff like this. IMO, it's better to have 5-10 Harvin topics that are 1-3 pages each than one unreadable monolith. Assuming that those topics each bring new information to the table, of course. Nothing wrong with locking/deleting redundant topics.

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"I believe there’s merit to the idea that once something in life becomes conventional, it’s no longer the safest path to success." -Matt Waldman
"If everyone's thinking alike, no one's thinking." -Bill Walsh

So true.

Hell, if I had started a topic two days ago saying that we should trade a 1st, 3rd, 7th, and $12 million a year in cap space for Harvin I would guarantee you that 80% of the board would flame me for it. Guar-en-effen-teed.

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"I believe there’s merit to the idea that once something in life becomes conventional, it’s no longer the safest path to success." -Matt Waldman
"If everyone's thinking alike, no one's thinking." -Bill Walsh

No doubt about it. Had we had to face Harvin twice a year in our weakest defensive spot - the slot - no doubt they would have a huge advantage in games against us.

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Most of those 10 picks were in the late rounds though. You would expect the #25 and 3rd rounder next year to make the team. Your final statement is relatively true, but factually untrue. We've gotten excellent production out of the first round and this year's #25 was looking like the best pick we've had since 2010. Late first is loaded this year.

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"I believe there’s merit to the idea that once something in life becomes conventional, it’s no longer the safest path to success." -Matt Waldman
"If everyone's thinking alike, no one's thinking." -Bill Walsh