Frank Clark returns to Seahawks

[CalgaryFan05]

Well - at least they DID something.

I was preparing for some shitty word salad - 'we're gonna get the guys rotating and they should be good covering.... etc etc".

JUST like the week 5 bye - at the beginning of the season - this looked incredibly stupid.

Not looking stupid now. I like it.

EDIT: and I haven't been following him but I have 2 questions - why does he have a 7.3 sacks/season average - but ZERO with the donks this year? Seems odd. What's wrong with that?

Also - anyone remember why we let Jadeveon Clowney go? Just curious. I forgot.

 

[MORGULON]

I'm more excited about them bringing Lamar King back .

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Fun fact, as best I can tell, the Clark trade turned into Damien Lewis, L.J. Collier, Cody Barton, and Alton Robinson for us.

So, Lewis notwithstanding, it seems only just that we get him back for nothing.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'm more excited about them bringing Lamar King back .

If you can't get fired up for the return of Joe Nash, why bother to even watching the games?

 

[onanygivensunday]

They did get a bit of that money back from Frank as a concession for releasing him right away, but yeah, he basically got the Broncos to pay him for nothing this year. Hopefully Pete can help him to make the most of this opportunity (assuming he passes the physical).

Between this year and next, Clark counts as $3.5M in dead money against the Donkeys' cap.

 

[kidhawk]

Between this year and next, Clark counts as $3.5M in dead money against the Donkeys' cap.

overthecap has him costing the chiefs over $7.5 million in dead cap this year as well.

 

[onanygivensunday]

overthecap has him costing the chiefs over $7.5 million in dead cap this year as well.

Wow... that's $11M in dead money and we presumedly are signing him to a vet minimum for the rest of the year.

 

[chris98251]

Well - at least they DID something.

I was preparing for some shitty word salad - 'we're gonna get the guys rotating and they should be good covering.... etc etc".

JUST like the week 5 bye - at the beginning of the season - this looked incredibly stupid.

Not looking stupid now. I like it.

EDIT: and I haven't been following him but I have 2 questions - why does he have a 7.3 sacks/season average - but ZERO with the donks this year? Seems odd. What's wrong with that?

Also - anyone remember why we let Jadeveon Clowney go? Just curious. I forgot.

Russell has nightmares when he sees QB's sacked and didn't give him permission, hell the whole Denver defense has been told to sit on their thumbs so Russell looks good in practice and then game day they look like ass.

 

[chris98251]

On the actual topic, Clark if fired up to play can make a difference, don't want him leading from the grandstands, we have leadership now, he needs to assume his role and perform during his rotation. Stupid simple, keep the penalties in your pocket also, we have enough problems on offense with that.

 

[bileever]

They did get a bit of that money back from Frank as a concession for releasing him right away, but yeah, he basically got the Broncos to pay him for nothing this year. Hopefully Pete can help him to make the most of this opportunity (assuming he passes the physical).

Yes, that's right. The Broncos basically blackmailed Clark into giving back some money, saying that if he didn't that they wouldn't release him but keep him and not play him, which would hurt him career-wise. It was kind of a shitty thing to do, and I wonder what other players will think about signing with Denver in the future.

 

[chris98251]

Unless your washed up nobody is going to Denver soon, it's a fire sale about ready to happen with the current state of that situation.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

Right now I like it.

If he winds up sucking, I'll hate it.

 

[Chukarhawk]

I wasn't a big proponent of bring him back because I thought it would cost us too much but if the price is right? sounds like a good move. Not sure how much he last left in the tank and i really wanted to see our new Rookie get some much-needed snaps.

 

[Lagartixa]

Between this year and next, Clark counts as $3.5M in dead money against the Donkeys' cap.

The Broncos used nearly as much cap space for 36 snaps of Clark this year as the Seahawks paid him for 2473 snaps over the first four seasons of his career.

 

[nwHawk]

Hope he is ready to blend in and play within the scheme. As a situational pass rusher, maybe he can still be functional. As an edge defender in the run game, and sincerely think he’s a liability. Hope I am wrong.

 

[OneLofaTatupu]

I haven't followed Clark's career since he left the nest. But, I would think Frank's run game has matured over the years.

That Schneider has such a good sense of timing.

Or a good sense of urgency. And fit.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

Why did Denver cut him? I'm hoping he's not washed.

 

[CallMeADawg]

Love this signing.

 

[Yxes1122]

Fun fact, as best I can tell, the Clark trade turned into Damien Lewis, L.J. Collier, Cody Barton, and Alton Robinson for us.

So, Lewis notwithstanding, it seems only just that we get him back for nothing.

The worst part of that is we passed on Montez Sweat.

 

[Flyingsquad23]

13.5 sacks and 2 FF in 17 playoffs games. If they can make the playoffs that’s were he could pay real dividends. Seems to excel in the meaningful games.