Justin Britt close to extension

[Tapey]

3 years money is 9 mill or more

 

[HaroldSeattle]

That would be great news.

 

[JMR]

Would be the first 2nd contract for any lineman drafted in the JS era. $9M a year may sound like a lot, but the cap for '17 is $167M I believe, and it's been going up about 8% a year. Just the normal increase will more than pay for his average annual salary if the figures are accurate. Also, $9M is only 5.3% of the cap. You figure your "avg" player is about 2%. Britt is currently our best lineman, so I say this seems like a good deal all the way around.

 

[FirebreathingMonkey]

Source: Seahawks, Justin Britt agree to 3-year, $27 million contract extension

Source: Seahawks, Britt agree to 3-year ext.

 

[Podunkparte]

Great news. I had heard talk over the summer speculating that Britt might get $10M a year just based on the number of quality linemen in the league and the way contracts had been trending up to then. $7.2M for 3 years is a good price as long as he stays healthy.

 

[chf]

Sounds like Pocic will get a more serious look at RT?

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Eh if it was any other team I'd grade it a B-. Britt is an okay center who was middle of the pack according to PFF and other various sites. $9M per year seems about $1-2M overpaid but you're resigning someone young who will PROBABLY get better.

That said, for Seattle it's an A grade. Britt was FAR AND AWAY their best O-Lineman last year and it wasn't close. When Britt is a decent center and allows no sacks/hits, you know D-Lineman are focusing elsewhere on a porous O-Line. Seattle had to re-sign Britt... it's ridiculous enough they didn't sign Carpenter who dominated the Jets O-Line and was top 15 for guards in most categories.

 

[Podunkparte]

Great news. I had heard talk over the summer speculating that Britt might get $10M a year just based on the number of quality linemen in the league and the way contracts had been trending up to then. $7.2M for 3 years is a good price as long as he stays healthy.

My bad math crept into my brain on my way to work and irritated me all day.

27/3 is $9 million per year, not 7.2. Still less than 10 though!

 

[MrS]

This is a 3 year extension so some of the cap hit is this year, no? In reality its a 4 year deal 27m, not such a bad price.

 

[Anointed One]

Continuity and chemistry means something on the OL... Glad they're finally figuring that out and paying a guy who's not only a very solid center, but a very good leader... The OL needs to keep this in place...

 

[JMR]

Continuity and chemistry means something on the OL... Glad they're finally figuring that out and paying a guy who's not only a very solid center, but a very good leader... The OL needs to keep this in place...

I don't think it's that they hadn't figured it out until now. They just haven't had a guy they wanted to make the commitment to with this kind of money. Okung was probably the closest, and that's a pretty uncommon situation with him representing himself....maybe that one went differently if he had an agent, maybe not. I am not all that upset they didn't go all in on Sweezy or Carpenter. But of course the cost on the other side of that was lack of continuity. Schneider's job isn't easy.

 

[JMR]

This is a 3 year extension so some of the cap hit is this year, no? In reality its a 4 year deal 27m, not such a bad price.

Right, 3 year extension. So add on the $27M to his 2017 salary and it's 4 years (thru 2020) for $28M. I hear the contract has $15M of guarantees, so whatever part of that is SB will be prorated and count this year in addition to the $1M he was already scheduled to cost against the cap.

 

[chf]

Eh if it was any other team I'd grade it a B-. Britt is an okay center who was middle of the pack according to PFF and other various sites. $9M per year seems about $1-2M overpaid but you're resigning someone young who will PROBABLY get better.

That said, for Seattle it's an A grade. Britt was FAR AND AWAY their best O-Lineman last year and it wasn't close. When Britt is a decent center and allows no sacks/hits, you know D-Lineman are focusing elsewhere on a porous O-Line. Seattle had to re-sign Britt... it's ridiculous enough they didn't sign Carpenter who dominated the Jets O-Line and was top 15 for guards in most categories.

Top 15!

Holy hell, he was middle of the pack!!

Heh

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Top 15!

Holy hell, he was middle of the pack!!

Heh

lol hey, when all your other guards are basically ranked DEAD last and Ifedi was DESTROYED at guard, it would've been nice to have Carpenter there. He only allowed 2 sacks all season and was pretty good in pass protection plus only had 3 penalties. And top 15 for a guard is impressive, remember there are two starting guards on every team, so top 15 is top 25% of the league.

 

[chf]

lol hey, when all your other guards are basically ranked DEAD last and Ifedi was DESTROYED at guard, it would've been nice to have Carpenter there. He only allowed 2 sacks all season and was pretty good in pass protection plus only had 3 penalties. And top 15 for a guard is impressive, remember there are two starting guards on every team, so top 15 is top 25% of the league.

Meh. At his price-tag, we'd have lost a core d piece. He was fat, lazy and undermotivated in Seattle.

 

[JMR]

lol hey, when all your other guards are basically ranked DEAD last and Ifedi was DESTROYED at guard, it would've been nice to have Carpenter there. He only allowed 2 sacks all season and was pretty good in pass protection plus only had 3 penalties. And top 15 for a guard is impressive, remember there are two starting guards on every team, so top 15 is top 25% of the league.

What exactly did Carpenter do during his time in Seattle to convince anyone to give him millions to stay? And if you're to going to bring up how nice it would have been to have him here last year, you can't do it without also saying we would have totally whiffed had we retained Sweezy.

 

[Anointed One]

I don't think it's that they hadn't figured it out until now. They just haven't had a guy they wanted to make the commitment to with this kind of money. Okung was probably the closest, and that's a pretty uncommon situation with him representing himself....maybe that one went differently if he had an agent, maybe not. I am not all that upset they didn't go all in on Sweezy or Carpenter. But of course the cost on the other side of that was lack of continuity. Schneider's job isn't easy.

Definitely... Britt is a guy that you don't wanna see get away... Glad to see he'll be a Hawk anchoring. leading a very young OL for a few more years... His leadership is invaluable...

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Great signing, Britt played well and deserves it.

 

[Uhsplit]

Good for the team. I figured Posic would be a low cost replacement next year for Britt.
JS again finds a way to keep an important part going forward.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Looks like they've made a move to help alleviate the loss of Fant.

Seahawks acquire Matt Tobin from Eagles in trade