bbsplitter
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I am really hesitant to re-sign Bennett. I just have this nagging feeling it wont turn out how we expect. On his previous team, doesn't any one find it slightly suspicious that he put up career-best number in his contract year? That he is given a one year prove it deal, and oh he definitely proved that he has talent, and lots of it, but what about effort over the course of his career? Couple that with having won a super bowl and having to deal with the feeling of complacency, I would almost bring in another player who had more hunger to get to the big stage. If it were possible to re-sign him, or go after Jared Allen, I would almost rather go after Allen. I may be completely wrong but I just get the feeling that signing him on an extended big money deal would be a bad idea.
About the whole Tate vs. Baldwin debate, I think it all just boils down to what the market turns out to be for both players. We probably place a 2nd round tender on Baldwin and just see who comes calling with what amount of money. With Tate, I really don't see him coming back unless he's willing to take around 3 or 4 million a year. Harvin will be somewhere around 11mil this year (i think?), we just don't have a lot of money to allocate to the receiver position, when we have this type of defense to pay.
I do believe that Rice is released even though he is only 27 and people view him as a great influence in the locker room. His dead money would be around 2mil, so unless he comes back for only a slight amount over that such as 2.5 or 3m total, I dont think it would be financially worth it. But considering how deep this draft class is, and how injury prone he has been, maybe that amount would be possible on a 1 year prove it deal if he has literally no interest on the open market. But i doubt it.
Bottom line on Clemons is that he is not worth 9.5 million anymore. He is most likely cut, and I see there being a pretty big market for him. Even with his age and knee issue. It's just time to get a couple years younger and less banged up at that position.
I really don't think Red Bryant is going anywhere. Before the super bowl they were having all the players name the most influential people on the defense and the responses were either 1. Red Bryant or 2. Earl Thomas. I do think he might be asked to restructure, he is approaching that 30 mark and he isnt stupid, but I do think he has a high value to this team. This year would be there to go after someone in the draft to eventually replace him though.
I think Miller is released as well. The skillset he contributes at the position he contributes to, is not worth 7mil. But then again, this FO seems to think differently then me, because (high amount of dead money or not) this is the FO that paid him 11mil this past year. It's not like the year before they didnt realize what would happen with his contract. They could have cut or restructured before the season, but make no mistake they knew exactly what they were doing that they would end up paying him 11 mil. I am not sure why they value him so highly but i guess it is the way it is.
I am not sure what the verdict on James Carpenter will be. They have kept him around this long and I believe his cap hit will be around 1-2mil and he only has 1 year left I think. Not sure if he goes or stays.
I think Okung is being overpaid for what he contributes. At least for this year, and same applies to Unger. The FO will probably plan to stick with both though. I think Lemuel Jeanpierre is good enough to start somewhere else, and there will be a market for him with money that we cant match. I hope hope hope and pray with all my might that McQuistan doesnt stay in seattle but thats mainly just because I personally dont like him, but our couching staff seems to think highly of him.
IMO Lockette deserves a shot to start. He had a big drop at the beginning of the year but since then he has been money on the chances he has received.
Hopefully we are able to resign Earl Thomas this year, his contract will most likely be around 8-10mil a year (hopefully). Probably around 4-5 years.
The person that nobody is talking about restructuring to a longer contract that I hope we do is Byron Maxwell. He has had a solid year and I can only see him getting better and the FO could see if he would stick around for 3-4 more years for a modest raise. Because honestly I can very very easily see Richard Sherman pricing himself right out of Seattle. If he wants Revis money, I dont think this is where he will get it, judging how our FO has operated in the past.
About the whole Tate vs. Baldwin debate, I think it all just boils down to what the market turns out to be for both players. We probably place a 2nd round tender on Baldwin and just see who comes calling with what amount of money. With Tate, I really don't see him coming back unless he's willing to take around 3 or 4 million a year. Harvin will be somewhere around 11mil this year (i think?), we just don't have a lot of money to allocate to the receiver position, when we have this type of defense to pay.
I do believe that Rice is released even though he is only 27 and people view him as a great influence in the locker room. His dead money would be around 2mil, so unless he comes back for only a slight amount over that such as 2.5 or 3m total, I dont think it would be financially worth it. But considering how deep this draft class is, and how injury prone he has been, maybe that amount would be possible on a 1 year prove it deal if he has literally no interest on the open market. But i doubt it.
Bottom line on Clemons is that he is not worth 9.5 million anymore. He is most likely cut, and I see there being a pretty big market for him. Even with his age and knee issue. It's just time to get a couple years younger and less banged up at that position.
I really don't think Red Bryant is going anywhere. Before the super bowl they were having all the players name the most influential people on the defense and the responses were either 1. Red Bryant or 2. Earl Thomas. I do think he might be asked to restructure, he is approaching that 30 mark and he isnt stupid, but I do think he has a high value to this team. This year would be there to go after someone in the draft to eventually replace him though.
I think Miller is released as well. The skillset he contributes at the position he contributes to, is not worth 7mil. But then again, this FO seems to think differently then me, because (high amount of dead money or not) this is the FO that paid him 11mil this past year. It's not like the year before they didnt realize what would happen with his contract. They could have cut or restructured before the season, but make no mistake they knew exactly what they were doing that they would end up paying him 11 mil. I am not sure why they value him so highly but i guess it is the way it is.
I am not sure what the verdict on James Carpenter will be. They have kept him around this long and I believe his cap hit will be around 1-2mil and he only has 1 year left I think. Not sure if he goes or stays.
I think Okung is being overpaid for what he contributes. At least for this year, and same applies to Unger. The FO will probably plan to stick with both though. I think Lemuel Jeanpierre is good enough to start somewhere else, and there will be a market for him with money that we cant match. I hope hope hope and pray with all my might that McQuistan doesnt stay in seattle but thats mainly just because I personally dont like him, but our couching staff seems to think highly of him.
IMO Lockette deserves a shot to start. He had a big drop at the beginning of the year but since then he has been money on the chances he has received.
Hopefully we are able to resign Earl Thomas this year, his contract will most likely be around 8-10mil a year (hopefully). Probably around 4-5 years.
The person that nobody is talking about restructuring to a longer contract that I hope we do is Byron Maxwell. He has had a solid year and I can only see him getting better and the FO could see if he would stick around for 3-4 more years for a modest raise. Because honestly I can very very easily see Richard Sherman pricing himself right out of Seattle. If he wants Revis money, I dont think this is where he will get it, judging how our FO has operated in the past.
