Bennett not open to home town discount

[MidwestHawker]

Maybe I was a little harsh with the beginning of my last post.

You weren't.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

I think Michael can get close to Geno Atkins money. 5 years 54.75 million. Geno got a 15 Million dollar signing bonus which won't be happening here.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Bre ... -deal.html

More power to him, he's looking out for his family. He's been a great player, a team player, all year, unselfish, and very entertaining on the radio.

I'll miss the guy, but we already have Percy Harvin making that kind of money. (6 years 64 million)

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-seah ... cy-harvin/

Thank you Michael Bennett! :th2thumbs:

No way he gets Atkins money. 8 million/3 years is more realistic.

 

[MORGULON]

I don't think he is claiming he wants to break the bank - just that he thinks he deserves to be paid well.

After the year he had, and the part he played in our championship run - I think he is correct in that.

I think what we think is fair and reasonable and what Mr Bennett thinks are two different things. He was an important
piece of our defensive line (obviously) and I have a feeling he's a goner. JS and PC will obviously let us all know in the
not too distant future if they feel his contribution can be lived without going forward . Me personally? I don't know. I
think Bennett and Avril put us over the top this year with what they did for us. The question is :

Can they replicate his role?

Im not upset at #72. He kicked ass for half price for us and got a ring in the process. This is probably his last contract and I cant say I blame him for wanting all the money he can get.

 

[lsheldon]

I'm curious how Bennett feels about being placed on waivers by Seattle in 2009 right before the start of the regular season. I would be surprised if that still didn't hurt his feelings a bit.

 

[MORGULON]

I'm curious how Bennett feels about being placed on waivers by Seattle in 2009 right before the start of the regular season. I would be surprised if that still didn't hurt his feelings a bit.

Who was the GM at the time?

 

[AgentDib]

If he bears Ruskell a grudge that works in our favor now.

 

[plyka]

If Bennett were two years younger, I could see a bigger challenge to resigning him. However, he will be turning 29 before the start of next season, which most likely places him in the 3-4 year contract range, similar to what we gave Clemons. Since Avril is a younger version of Clemons, I expect the Hawks to make a business decision, cut Clem, and re-sign Bennett to a deal near the Clemons contract. Bennett offers us more versatility along the defensive line, and the Hawks may be eyeing cutting Red as well if he won't restructure, which means we may need a bigger DE to play the Elephant role as well. Bennett is about 60 lbs. lighter than Red, and not as fast as Clemons, but the versatility he provides in playing multiple positions neither Clem nor Red has. Remember, Pete and John like highly versatile players.

Unless there is a desperate team out there that offers Bennett a Kruger type contract (overpaying to lure a player to a poor team), I expect Bennett will be back with us again next year.

Next year's rushing lineup (not including draftees) projection:

Starting LE - Bennett or Bryant
Starting RE - Avril
Rotation DE's - Irvin, Mayoya, Schofield

I'm not a big fan of offering Bennett a penny higher than 7m for 3 years = 21m. But he is like lightening. I still remember a WR screen to the right, later in the game. I think it was the 3rd quarter. All of a sudden I see a blur, and a guy jumps on Demarius Thomas' back and takes him down from behind 7 yards in front of the line of scrimmage. I thought it was one of our blazing fast LBers. After the play i realized it was Bennett. I haven't looked up their speed numbers, but i'm willing to bet Bennett is faster than all of our dline with the exception of Avril, whom I believe runs a 4.5 which is LB speed.

 

[lsheldon]

I'm curious how Bennett feels about being placed on waivers by Seattle in 2009 right before the start of the regular season. I would be surprised if that still didn't hurt his feelings a bit.

Who was the GM at the time?

Ruskell. He resigned (asked to leave) in December of 2009.

 

[ivotuk]

I think Michael can get close to Geno Atkins money. 5 years 54.75 million. Geno got a 15 Million dollar signing bonus which won't be happening here.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Bre ... -deal.html

More power to him, he's looking out for his family. He's been a great player, a team player, all year, unselfish, and very entertaining on the radio.

I'll miss the guy, but we already have Percy Harvin making that kind of money. (6 years 64 million)

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-seah ... cy-harvin/

Thank you Michael Bennett! :th2thumbs:

No way he gets Atkins money. 8 million/3 years is more realistic.

Not sure why people keep quoting me and saying that. Apparently no one read the post? Atkins is getting a littel over 10 million per year, I figure Bennett can get somewhere close to that at 8 - 8.5 million a year as opposed to 6 million I have seen some suggest. I believe the only way he takes that kind of money is if he stays in Seattle.

And I'm not sure you worded your post correctly, 8 million over 3 years? Careful because some people are just looking for a post to ridicule, it's sad but true.

 

[RolandDeschain]

And I'm not sure you worded your post correctly, 8 million over 3 years? Careful because some people are just looking for a post to ridicule, it's sad but true.

99% sure she meant $8m/year for three years.

 

[ivotuk]

I think Michael can get close to Geno Atkins money. 5 years 54.75 million. Geno got a 15 Million dollar signing bonus which won't be happening here.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Bre ... -deal.html

More power to him, he's looking out for his family. He's been a great player, a team player, all year, unselfish, and very entertaining on the radio.

I'll miss the guy, but we already have Percy Harvin making that kind of money. (6 years 64 million)

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-seah ... cy-harvin/

Thank you Michael Bennett! :th2thumbs:

11mil a year??? ROFL.

You might want to check your addition. 55 million minus a 15 million dollar signing bonus is 40 million, over 5 years is 8 million dollars a year. I said he "can get close" to that, which means a little less. Or did you even read my post and/or the article?

 

[TestMo1337]

Cut Red and give that money to Bennett, problem solved (better)

Who are you going to replace Red with?

Red plays at the beginning of the game to stop their run... once the opponent is behind, you unless your pass rushers because they can't afford to run anymore when they're behind.

 

[seadoc30]

Maybe I was a little harsh with the beginning of my last post. For that, I apologize. But go read the post of yours I quoted earlier and the post above. You didn't say any of those things. What's with the tattooing Seahawks on the forehead comment? You said he "showed no appreciation". I explained he clearly has/did. He deserves to think about his family but you hope he doesn't get any good deals so he has to come back begging to JS? He didn't diss the team and I have no idea where you're getting that from.

Ok yea my post didn't come out right. I was basically commenting on his latest comments on the NFL network. I doubt any official from the Seahawks has even mentioned his contract situation yet. Everyone in the Nation knows who you are n what you deserve and you have every leverage on your side. But here he is talking about "checks needing to be deposited at Wells Fargo first". I mean come on. This is what I was referring to by being immature and selfish. By simply stating that he needs to do what's best for him/family n it's a business is all he needed to say. Leave that kind of talk to when you actually speak with the team on your contract. If the team low balls you, then yes come out on National TV and speak like this. There is no need to play Hardball at this time.

 

[seatownlowdown]

Cut Clem give that money to Bennett. Problem Solved.

totally agreed, unless bennetts $$ exceeds 10m/yr aav. pff had him rated as the #3 passrusher i believe... but come on bro. sounds like hes turned the page from the hawks and doesnt have that hunger anymore that made him and these guys successful in petes program.

so im pretty sure bennett is the initiating/deciding factor to our offseason (along with extending earl/sherm) and therefore will probably be the first domino to fall. so if bennett is gone im not the least bit worried because we can make dline along with oline our focus in the draft at that point... and we would be more likely to resign both mcD's in his place. again no worries either way imo.

and yes we all know clem is far more easily replaced with a draft pick/mayowa/irvin/FA than bennett would be. but some of u have talked about jared allen for 5m/yr aav, but that is a dream scenario and i just dont see that happening.




thanks to john and pete we're in a luxurious position as a franchise to have these so-called "problems" :mrgreen:

 

[Tical21]

I wish it were as easy as cutting Clem to sign Bennett. It washes this year, fine. But what impact does it have in the next couple of years? We are past the point of playing with even money. We've got to come up with 40 million per year for Sherm, Earl, and Russell. If we want to make that happen, we need to start making sacrifices now. Percy's number is 10ish also. We've got Mebane, Lynch, Kam also. That is like 70 million for seven players. And we're going to sign Bennett to pretty big money? What about Okung? If there is a way, I'm all for it. To me, the reality is that we had some extra cap this year to add a few pass-rushers, knowing full well there was no way we would be able to afford anything like it again.

 

[themunn]

How does this have 7 pages of comments?

It's quite clear from his wording that he means he wants to get paid what he thinks he's worth, not necessarily go for the biggest contract out there. But that doesn't mean he'll undervalue himself in order to stay with Seattle.

Now all we have to worry about is what he thinks he's worth. Clemons has the 10th biggest 4-3 DE contract in the league. I'd say that's a good starting point

 

[largenutz]

Today on 104.3 here in denver, the same jackasses that were saying the afc west is the best division, and the afc is the cream of the crop before the SB, said Bennet will be a Bronco. It has to happen, talking about how he will put them over the top! Pretty entertaining drive home tonight!

 

[Sac]

How does this have 7 pages of comments?

It's the off season.

 

[themunn]

How does this have 7 pages of comments?

It's the off season.

7 pages about a player? This isn't a uniform thread we're talking about

 

[getnasty]

I wish it were as easy as cutting Clem to sign Bennett. It washes this year, fine. But what impact does it have in the next couple of years? We are past the point of playing with even money. We've got to come up with 40 million per year for Sherm, Earl, and Russell. If we want to make that happen, we need to start making sacrifices now. Percy's number is 10ish also. We've got Mebane, Lynch, Kam also. That is like 70 million for seven players. And we're going to sign Bennett to pretty big money? What about Okung? If there is a way, I'm all for it. To me, the reality is that we had some extra cap this year to add a few pass-rushers, knowing full well there was no way we would be able to afford anything like it again.

I would cut Red and Clem if it meant keeping Bennett, his versatility almost lets you carry one less DLineman. My guess is that Marshawn, Mebane are gone after this year and I won't be surprised if Percy was gone after this year (depending on his health and contract).