Bennett Re-signed with Seahawks 4 years 28.5mil!

[AbsolutNET]

Michael Bennett ‏@mosesbread72 49s
I m back I m happy super bow champ .The 12th man is the biggest reason I came back the best fan

 

[kearly]

Regarding the taxation comment in the other thread (now locked), 5% state income tax on $8.5 million is $425,000. So in effect, the Bears offer was only $75,000 better per year, a difference of less than 1%. If they were going to buy Bennett away from us, it was going to take more than that.

 

[HawksSoc]

John Schneider 1, Other GMs 0

One, one? Bro...its WAY more then one at this stage

On topic, awesome news for sure. Huge boon for us.

 

[DavidSeven]

I wonder how this reporter knows the following>

Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo · 16m
Bennett's deal will range right around $8m per season with half guaranteed - a significant upgrade over what Sea was originally offering.

What would be significant? $8-10M guaranteed vs $16M? Oh well, do not care. Just musing over how this guy can claim to know what the original Seahawks parameters were. Unless Rosenhaus floated this just to let people know how great he is?

Basically, this. All info coming out before the signing is likely being floated by his agent. Always happens. And they usually exaggerate the contract terms before they're made official.

 

[lukerguy]

Love this guy. He came back because of the fans. Wow.

 

[FearTheBeak]

I approve of this transaction.

 

[Throwdown]

literally just did this, just now

 

[HawksSoc]

'Damn!'...What every QB in the NFC West just muttered.

I'll just leave this here.

 

[kearly]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

I like this one better...hilarious

omg.

 

[Laloosh]

Did you guys hear that? The sound of a million tears landing at once in the bay area...

 

[RolandDeschain]

John Schneider 1, Other GMs 0

One, one? Bro...its WAY more then one at this stage

He was just talking about today. 8)

 

[seahawk 17]

Now all the guys that were busting his balls, love him again.

 

[w00t]

Remember when he got injured vs Texans? that looked BAD. So happy Bennett got his money. Well deserved!

 

[RolandDeschain]

Now all the guys that were busting his balls, love him again.

Give those guys your thoughts in the shack.

 

[Sac]

Love this guy. He came back because of the fans. Wow.

I'd say it's honestly probably the 4th biggest reason. The first three being

1-Money
2-Team
3-Not moving his family again

 

[amill87]

I don't know much about NFL contracts.

Does this mean that after two years, we could cut/trade Bennett for no penalty to the cap since he is only guaranteed 16 mil?

How exactly does the per year figure factor into everything? Can it be whatever the GM wants it to be? Just as long as the player gets the guaranteed?

If so, what a move by Schneider. Get the production for the next few years and can free up cap space if we absolutely have to keep the core together.

 

[plyka]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

I like this one better...hilarious

omg.

The first time i caught that on the Internet, I couldn't stop watching it for like 5 minutes straight.

 

[HawkFan72]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet

 

[ivotuk]

Pictures of Bennett through the years:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200000 ... 0000331429

 

[lukerguy]

Love this guy. He came back because of the fans. Wow.

I'd say it's honestly probably the 4th biggest reason. The first three being

1-Money
2-Team
3-Not moving his family again

Possibly, but it sounds like 1 was offset with chicago. 3- could be a push with moving his family with his whole family in Chicago. 2- isn't that sort of linked in with the 12th man?

What he's saying, is that all things being equal- with money, desire to play with brother, the 12th man was the difference maker.