"Holdout" news of Earl Thomas

[Sgt. Largent]

Everyone loves ET, he's a fantastic footballer and I think everyone would agree to give him a new and fancier contract.

I'd guess it's about 50/50 as to fans wanting to give Earl an new deal.

I know I'm in the no deal camp. Love Earl, love his game, love his leadership.............but if this team wants to reload, get younger, get healthier and get that nasty hunger back on defense?

Then Earl's the best chip we have to play right no in the trade market.

 

[Seymour]

I don't want to give him a new contract after what happened here last year. Earl relies on his speed and quickness to cover the turf he does. That is going to progressively begin to drop very soon if not year to year now and paying him top $$ for what we can expect to diminish is what got us into the crappy situation we are now in.

If Earl insists on "seeking the treasure"....Bye Earl.

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[Seahawkville]

Since this basically boils down to money (except Thomas' decided to run to Garrett to tell him come get me)
It's almost like comparing loaves of bread.

Do you pay for the Artisan baked awesome loaf, or go get Wonder bread from the domestic aisle?

Depends on your budget. Right now at this moment the artisan loaf is awesome, however it doesn't want to be put into the day old bin. Problem for that loaf is, it's now older and people are thinking about their purchase.

The Seahawks have a large roster churn approaching so that loaf still has the ability to get more because it is still fresh.

It could mold in a heartbeat however.

 

[massari]

Have a feeling Dan Quinn and the Falcons will offer pick #26 for Earl....

Would you guys trade ET to an NFC rival like the Falcons?

 

[original poster]

Have a feeling Dan Quinn and the Falcons will offer pick #26 for Earl....

Would you guys trade ET to an NFC rival like the Falcons?

Yes.

 

[massari]

Have a feeling Dan Quinn and the Falcons will offer pick #26 for Earl....

Would you guys trade ET to an NFC rival like the Falcons?

Yes.

ET in that secondary playing the Hawks in a playoff game...dunno. If they can't get a 1st from an AFC team, I'm considering a 2nd rounder instead of Atlanta's 26, though not completely sure.

 

[Seymour]

Have a feeling Dan Quinn and the Falcons will offer pick #26 for Earl....

Would you guys trade ET to an NFC rival like the Falcons?

Yes, but I doubt we get a 1st. Listening to a cap expert today on this topic, I heard that a 2nd would be most likely the case for trading Earl. I would take that as well. Earl and his me me me attitude are part of the problem they are trying to shed still. We've only seen the coaches side of that, the players side is coming soon.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

Have a feeling Dan Quinn and the Falcons will offer pick #26 for Earl....

Would you guys trade ET to an NFC rival like the Falcons?

Doubt it, the Falcons have even less cap space then we do, and Allen has almost the same identical stats as Earl for 2017..........and he's cheaper.

If someone's going to break the bank for Earl, it's going to be a team with a lot of cap space that can take the risk with his injury proneness.

 

[KitsapGuy]

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[massari]

Would ET only have an $8.5M cap hit on the team that trades for him?

 

[Coug_Hawk08]

Lol @ Earl saying he would not feel comfortable playing without a long term deal. Saying he’s gotta feed his family.

Sick.

 

[Seymour]

Lol @ Earl saying he would not feel comfortable playing without a long term deal. Saying he’s gotta feed his family.

Sick.

You just try feeding a family of 3 on $47 million over 8 years!! :141847_bnono:

 

[2_0_6]

I wonder if Earl would take a smaller deal to go to the Cowboys and play at home? Being that the Cowboys are up against the cap and have has asked Dez to restructure, I would bet he would restructure if it meant Earl coming in.

Lots of things need to move around, but its definitely doable if the Cowboys truly want him.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

A multi-millionaire saying he needs to feed his family. Must be so rough :roll:

 

[Coug_Hawk08]

I wonder if Earl would take a smaller deal to go to the Cowboys and play at home? Being that the Cowboys are up against the cap and have has asked Dez to restructure, I would bet he would restructure if it meant Earl coming in.

Lots of things need to move around, but its definitely doable if the Cowboys truly want him.

After saying ‘money talks’ and that Berry’s deal pushed him to rethink retirement, I am going to say no, he will not take less to go anywhere.

Dallas should really move on from Bryant in general.

 

[ApnaHawk]

Lol @ Earl saying he would not feel comfortable playing without a long term deal. Saying he’s gotta feed his family.

Sick.

You just try feeding a family of 3 on $47 million over 8 years!! :141847_bnono:

This is so ignorant. They are the bread and butter for their family's, which often includes extended families. Their time on the field is limited and they're diminishing their quality of life and risking permanent brain damage to bring their families out of the depths of poverty.

Not only that, one potential wrong hit and they can be paralyzed from the neck down. No amount of money can do justice to losing your life like that. So don't blame them or get upset that they want millions and loads of them.

He has a whole life ahead of him still. Shoot he's younger then I am and he's gotta make sure that money goes a long way till after he;s gone.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Cry my a river, he's a multi-millionaire, his family is just fine.....for generations.

 

[Coug_Hawk08]

Lol @ Earl saying he would not feel comfortable playing without a long term deal. Saying he’s gotta feed his family.

Sick.

You just try feeding a family of 3 on $47 million over 8 years!! :141847_bnono:

This is so ignorant. They are the bread and butter for their family's, which often includes extended families. Their time on the field is limited and they're diminishing their quality of life and risking permanent brain damage to bring their families out of the depths of poverty.

Not only that, one potential wrong hit and they can be paralyzed from the neck down. No amount of money can do justice to losing your life like that. So don't blame them or get upset that they want millions and loads of them.

He has a whole life ahead of him still. Shoot he's younger then I am and he's gotta make sure that money goes a long way till after he;s gone.

Stop acting like this is some noble thing he is doing, risking his life and brain for his extended family! Tons of people risk more and make way less, and really battle to provide for their families. Ridiculous. He plays 16 games a year and one years salary (already 10m) can comfortably support him and extended family for the rest of their lives. Players using ‘feed my family’ as a reason to hold out from work for even more money is absurd. Is a gross thing to say imo.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Exactly, I would love to have those problems.

 

[2_0_6]

Lol @ Earl saying he would not feel comfortable playing without a long term deal. Saying he’s gotta feed his family.

Sick.

You just try feeding a family of 3 on $47 million over 8 years!! :141847_bnono:

This is so ignorant. They are the bread and butter for their family's, which often includes extended families. Their time on the field is limited and they're diminishing their quality of life and risking permanent brain damage to bring their families out of the depths of poverty.

Not only that, one potential wrong hit and they can be paralyzed from the neck down. No amount of money can do justice to losing your life like that. So don't blame them or get upset that they want millions and loads of them.

He has a whole life ahead of him still. Shoot he's younger then I am and he's gotta make sure that money goes a long way till after he;s gone.

If he cant make $40million+ last to take care of his family, then he needs a new financial advisor. Maybe one less Bentley here and there might make $40mil work

Football isn't his only revenue stream, sports cards, Nike Jump man etc....