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hes good but a little troubled and due a huge contractIs Richardson any good. Thought he was pretty dominate just a couple years ago. What gives here?
hes good but a little troubled and due a huge contractIs Richardson any good. Thought he was pretty dominate just a couple years ago. What gives here?
Hawks and Carroll specialty. Love this move even if the big man turns out to be a dud. Were prolly going to cut Kearse.hes good but a little troubled and due a huge contract
They collect those like pennies by trading out of 1st round every year2nd or 3rd round pick part of the deal, too.
A nice group of guys.Avril, Bennett, Clark and Richardson......
That is a nice D line.
So we move up slightly in the 7th round while shifting CB that are insurance? Ok.Trumaine Brock traded to the Vikings. What?
For a 7th round pick.
Predictable. Seahawks lose a game and here you are.BusterTBronco said:Dang. Seahawks punked again. The Packers are too good.
Don't hold your breath.proninja said:I'm guessing you're going to praise them for how smart they were going out and getting Duane Brown.
That game felt like the "good 'ole days" of just a couple years ago. Great feeling after that win.Just played best game of year. Bevell even had a great game.
If they can get past the Jags next week, oh man.
Look who thinks they are on top of the hill. I didn't address your last post in another thread because it was not warranted. We dont have a rivalry and we don't play in the same conference.For a supposedly rabid fan base the last post in this thread is Dec 6?? Ya’ll disappeared
Gee. That will show them.A joint NFL and NFL Players Association review resulted in a $100,000 fine for the team, and the coaching and medical staffs will be required to attend remedial training regarding the protocol.
Seems about right to me.
Looks like a fairly complete list. Well done. I’m going to be most interested in following the injury-retire situations more than anything else. How will that affect team’s ability to play at elite level again? Cap implications?Probably forgetting people and situations.
That cap stuff is a mystery to me. Avril seems likely to retire and Kam sounded at one point like he may be done (at least I thought John Clayton was indicating that’s what he was hearing).Looks like a fairly complete list. Well done. I’m going to be most interested in following the injury-retire situations more than anything else. How will that affect team’s ability to play at elite level again? Cap implications?
I’ll try and throw out all my thoughts at some point this week.
Kam's cap numbers:The General said:That cap stuff is a mystery to me. Avril seems likely to retire and Kam sounded at one point like he may be done (at least I thought John Clayton was indicating that’s what he was hearing).
Those are 2 decent contracts off. Jimmy, Joekel, gone is another chunk.
I hope you have a blog somewhere, this is pretty amazing knowledge and detail. Really good stuff.Kam's cap numbers:
He will be 30 in April. As long as he recovers and is healthy, it seems worth the $2.3M difference in cap hit and dead money to keep him in 2018, especially since he was playing really well this season (was PFF's #5 safety when he got hurt). Depending on how he plays in 2019, it may then be worth it to keep him in 2019 under his current contract or possibly extend him to lower his 2019 cap hit. Or release him next offseason, when the cap numbers make it much more compelling to do so.
- 2018: $9.8M cap hit; $7.5M in dead money if released; $2.3M difference
- 2019: $13M cap hit; $5M in dead money if released; $8M difference
- 2020: $14.5M cap hit; $2.5M in dead money if released; $12M difference
Avril is a different story. He is 2 years older and his cap numbers support releasing him: 2018 is the last year of his contract, he is due for a $8M cap hit, and would cost just $500K in dead money if released.
The cap is expected to be about $176M next season. Using that figure, Seattle has about $16.9M in available cap room, not accounting for any draft picks or any of their 2018 free agents:
They could save $7.5M by releasing Avril, as mentioned above, and I expect they will. But they face quite a challenge:
- G Luke Joeckel
- G Oday Aboushi
- G Matt Tobin
- TE Jimmy Graham
- TE Luke Willson
- RB Eddie Lacy
- WR Paul Richardson
- QB Austin Davis
- DT Sheldon Richardson
- DE Marcus Smith
- OLB Dewey McDonald
- ILB Terence Garvin
- ILB Michael Wilhoite
- CB Byron Maxwell
- FS Bradley McDougald
- FS Deshawn Shead
- PK Blair Walsh
That is a lot to deal with.
- Their OL is already terrible and both starting Gs are free agents. So they have to find 2 starting Gs through a combination of re-signing Joeckel and/or Aboushi, signing free agents, or drafting players. (I assume the answer is not already on the roster, given how bad the OL has been.)
- The RB position needs to be addressed. None of Lacy, Rawls, Davis, Carson, McKissic, or Prosise has shown they can be counted on as a RB1.
- TE Vannett played 279 snaps and TE Swoope played 2. They are the only 2 TEs under contract.
- WR Richardson played 816 snaps, second only to Baldwin among WRs. But they may not be able to afford to re-sign him. That would leave a weak WR corps: Baldwin, Lockett, ...Darboh? This seems especially important if Graham walks.
- They stand to lose DT Richardson and DE Avril from the DL, although they should also get DT McDowell back.
- Aside from Chancellor, Thomas, and McDougald, other Seattle safeties played a total of just 40 snaps on the season. If they cannot re-sign McDougald, depth will be lacking at a position where the starters have had injuries over the past couple seasons.
- They will move on from PK Walsh but will have to find a replacement.
- Should they feel they need an upgrade at P, they could release Ryan, but that will result in $1.2M in dead cap money in 2018. That is a $2M savings compared to his 2018 cap hit of $3.2M, but they would still need to sign another punter.
Seattle has an atypical cap situation in that they have $55M in 2018 cap money tied up with Wagner, Wright, Sherman, Thomas, and Chancellor. That is more than 30% of the 2018 cap. Most teams do not spend at that level at the LB and S positions, at least not on 2 players each at those positions. No doubt these players have been key contributors to the success Seattle has had in recent years, but paying all of them at $10M+ levels makes it much more challenging to have a strong DL and a strong offense. That is why, as of now, Seattle looks set to be below average at every offensive position group in 2018 other than QB.
I've been reading this a lot suddenly. I don't agree unless there's something else going on behind the scenes. Bennett will only save us $2M against the cap so he's more than likely to return.The General said:Big big offseason. I think Bennett is probably gone. Avril probably retires. Chancellor probably wants to play but should retire. They both can do whatever they want, Seahawk all-timers but it is a business. Jimmy probably gone. Paul Richardson probably gets paid by someone else. Try and renegotiate Tyler Lockett. Have to try and resign Frank Clark and or Sheldon Richardson that’s going to be probably impossible. Lane gone. Of course Lacy, Rawls gone. Blair Walsh I’m sure packed up his house already. New punter, been a great run Ryan :tipshat:
Cable and Bevell may be gone.
Probably forgetting people and situations.
He brought it up after yesterday’s game but he is a bit prone to being dramatic.I've been reading this a lot suddenly. I don't agree unless there's something else going on behind the scenes. Bennett will only save us $2M against the cap so he's more than likely to return.
Thanks. No blog, I just follow the Seahawks as my second favorite team (behind the Chargers ). I do read the Field Gulls blog a fair amount.I hope you have a blog somewhere, this is pretty amazing knowledge and detail. Really good stuff.
Nope, his last year under contract is 2018.Isn’t Frank Clark also up?
Agree, I'm not sure where the thought that he could be gone is coming from (I mean, I know he said something about it, but it doesn't make sense). He just signed his 3 year contract extension a year ago and is under contract through the 2020 season. More importantly:I've been reading this a lot suddenly. I don't agree unless there's something else going on behind the scenes. Bennett will only save us $2M against the cap so he's more than likely to return.
Sure, because half of the dead cap money is deferred to 2019. Still $5.2M in dead money overall and doesn't change the other merits.Bennett as a post June 1 cut is a $5.5 mil saving according to over the cap
So, they are presently projected with $81mil cap space for 2019 with $0 Dead Money. Moving as much as they can to 2019 only helpsSure, because half of the dead cap money is deferred to 2019. Still $5.2M in dead money overall and doesn't change the other merits.
If they don't address the O line in a big way, it won't matter who they trot out there to carry the ball.Don’t know what they do at RB. It can’t be worse than this year so we’ll just roll with whoever they can dig up in the draft. Carson will be back.
AGREED Oline, Oline, Oline......... And Kicker cost them what 4 games this year ???If they don't address the O line in a big way, it won't matter who they trot out there to carry the ball.
I had no idea what their cap situation was like, so thanks for that. I knew they had tied up a lot in Wilson and a few of the defensive stalwarts.
That said, the most pressing areas of improvement needed this off-season are (imo):
1) O-line
2) O-line
3) Offensive play calling / coaching.
4) Defensive unit performance on 3rd down
5) Kicking game
I know there's more to it than that...but if all those items hade been addressed prior to (or even during) the 2017 season...the Seahawks season wouldn't be over just yet.