Seahawks Free Agency

[blstoker]

Steven Hauschka K 31 UFA
Bradley Sowell LT 27 UFA
Michael Morgan OLB 28 UFA
Tony McDaniel DT 31 UFA
Marcel Reece FB 31 UFA
Deshawn Shead FS RFA
Will Tukuafu FB 33 UFA
Jeron Johnson SS UFA
Kelcie McCray SS UFA
Brandon Williams TE UFA
Neiko Thorpe CB 26 UFA
Damontre Moore DE 24 UFA
John Jenkins DT 27 UFA
Steven Terrell CB 26 RFA
Ronald Powell OLB RFA
Luke Willson TE 26 UFA
Dewey McDonald SS RFA
Mohammed Seisay CB 26 ERFA
Tavaris Barnes DE 25 ERFA
Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB 26 ERFA
Terrence Magee RT 23 ERFA
Garry Gilliam RT 26 RFA
Brock Coyle ILB 26 RFA
Nolan Frese LS 24 ERFA
Brandon Cottom RB 24 ERFA
Troymaine Pope RB 23 ERFA
Kasen Williams WR 24 ERFA
Devin Hester WR 34 UFA
Tyler Ott LS 24 SEAERFA

 

[MrS]

Not anybody im really keen to keep for anything but a low end contract

 

[blstoker]

Savings if players are cut (this is not to say any of these will be cut):

Jimmy Graham - $10,000,000
Kam Chancellor - $7,125,000
Earl Thomas - $6,600,000
K.J. Wright - $4,800,000
Cliff Avril - $4,500,000
Richard Sherman - $4,231,000
Doug Baldwin - $4,000,050
Paul Richardson - $1,062,659
Justin Britt - $891,400
Kevin Pierre-Louis - $710,000
Ahtyba Rubin - $700,000
Cassius Marsh - $690,000
Thomas Rawls - $615,000
DeAndre Elliot - $540,000
George Fant - $540,000
Tanner McEvoy - $540,000
J.D. McKissic - $540,000
Garrison Smith - $540,000
Trevone Boykin - $535,000
Frank Clark - $530,706
Mark Glowinski - $528,577
Tyler Lockett - $498,310
Joey Hunt - $489,822
Tre Madden - $465,000
Ronnie Shields - $465,000
Tyler Slavin - $465,000
Joe Sommers - $465,000
Alex Collins - $447,807
Quinton Jefferson - $413,087
Jermain Kearse - $366,666
Nick Vannett - $233,560
Rees Odhiambo - $230,290
C.J. Prosise - $218,768
Russell Wilson - $200,000
Jon Ryan - -$200,000
Jarran Reed - -$878,020
Jeremy Lane - -$2,500,000
Germain Ifedi - -$3,306,867

 

[chf]

Small sample size, but I was impressed by Reece.

 

[blstoker]

I'd like to bring back Willson, Reece, Shead, McDaniel and Moore. Wouldn't mind seeing Hausch - but he would need to take a huge pay cut. I didn't mind the small amount of time that Ott played eaither. But other than Shead - most should be gotten for pennies.

Our ERFA are

Seisay
Barnes
Jean-Baptiste
Magee
Coyle
Frese
Cottom
Pope
Williams
Ott

RFA are:

Shead
Terrell
Powell
McDonald
Gilliam

 

[chf]

Guy least likely off that list to be cut?

Britt. At less than a million.

 

[blstoker]

I would expect them to at least extent RFA qualifying offers to Shead, Terrell and Gilliam.

 

[MrS]

Hate to say it but graham is probably not on this team next year. Makes no sense to pay a TE that much when you dont bother to use him where he excells best.

 

[blstoker]

I don't see them cutting Graham, though they may ask him to re-structure, since he's enter the last year of his contract. If they do cut him - then I would expect that Luke Willson will be back.

 

[Tech_God]

Hate to say it but graham is probably not on this team next year. Makes no sense to pay a TE that much when you dont bother to use him where he excells best.

The only way Grahm is released is if Wilson is cut or traded. Seriously, they had some big plays this season.

 

[MrS]

The bang for the buck isnt there

Now get a real OC that can exploit a D with elite players and he might be worth it.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

We could use that 10 million from Jimmy Graham on the offensive line... We never use him anyway so what the $#^# is the point... Love his game, GREAT player, but we don't utilize the TE in this offense...

 

[Anointed One]

I would expect them to at least extent RFA qualifying offers to Shead, Terrell and Gilliam.

I agree with Shead for sure...

Why, Terrell? He's horrible... He was just God Awful today...

 

[blstoker]

I agree with Shead for sure...

Why, Terrell? He's horrible... He was just God Awful today...

Because, when I typed that I though the lowest tender was going to be lower than it will most likely be this offseason. Since I was expecting somewhere around $1 million at that moment, I typed that. Since I looked up the numbers and now think the lowest tender will be somewhere between 1.5 and 2 million, I am not so sure.

I do think that Seattle will try to bring back at least one of Terrell or McCray just so they aren't having to have 2 new safeties to the list. Since both player would be looking at similar salaries, and since it was Terrell playing in Thomas' stead (despite McCray being able to play the FS spot), I figure Terrell is the more likely candidate.

 

[Anointed One]

We could use that 10 million from Jimmy Graham on the offensive line... We never use him anyway so what the $#^# is the point... Love his game, GREAT player, but we don't utilize the TE in this offense...

Yeah, I'll honestly be surprised if J. Graham isn't released... We need to free up cap space somewhere and why not do it at a position where a player is vastly overpaid for what they're being asked to do...

 

[Anointed One]

Because, when I typed that I though the lowest tender was going to be lower than it will most likely be this offseason. Since I was expecting somewhere around $1 million at that moment, I typed that. Since I looked up the numbers and now think the lowest tender will be somewhere between 1.5 and 2 million, I am not so sure.

I do think that Seattle will try to bring back at least one of Terrell or McCray just so they aren't having to have 2 new safeties to the list. Since both player would be looking at similar salaries, and since it was Terrell playing in Thomas' stead (despite McCray being able to play the FS spot), I figure Terrell is the more likely candidate.

Honestly though... What has Terrell showed us that even makes us feel comfortable w/ him as a backup? I tried and I can't find any reason to give him another shot... I'd rather take our chances with someone else... McCray, I like... I hope they keep him...

 

[blstoker]

Honestly though... What has Terrell showed us that even makes us feel comfortable w/ him as a backup? I tried and I can't find any reason to give him another shot... I'd rather take our chances with someone else... McCray, I like... I hope they keep him...

I like McCray too, and think he could start somewhere - so not sure he'd want to take a sure back-up position if he felt he had a chance to compete to start.

Terrell on the other hand, I'm pretty meh about. Until this week, I don't think he hurt the defense more than just not being able to do what Thomas does. Obviously he didn't help much, but I don't think he caused the issues the defense has had. I think for the most part he's been invisible out there since starting. My thoughts are based on the fact they were playing him instead of McCray. If I had to choose 1 over the other, I'd definitely want McCray.

 

[dude82]

I heard that Shead's injury looks to be to his ACL. If it is his ACL and he needs surgery, then corner is going to be a bigger priority in the offseason than it might have been otherwise. Should Thomas' recovery suffer any setbacks (knock on wood that it doesn't), then it might not be as simple as "Let backup safety 'A' go and keep back safety 'B'". At corner, I would assume that Lane would be asked to slide back over to the corner spot opposite of Sherman and someone else would be put in Lane's nickel spot for as long as Shead is on the shelf. That's not the most intriguing idea given how Lane played down the stretch, but he has the most experience on the current roster at playing corner, so he figures to be the "Plan A" should Shead be unavailable for a while.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

Yeah, I'll honestly be surprised if J. Graham isn't released... We need to free up cap space somewhere and why not do it at a position where a player is vastly overpaid for what they're being asked to do...

Last I looked Seahawks had 35 million in cap space next year, so not sure they need to free more.

 

[Logicallylethal]

Last I looked Seahawks had 35 million in cap space next year, so not sure they need to free more.

Wow, do we really have 35 mil in cap space for this upcoming off season?

If that's the case, let's go hard after Leveon Bell (if negotiations don't work out in Pitt) or Chandler Jones for some pass rush

Maybe snatch up Martellus Bennett to pair with Jimmy Graham. Martellus is a good blocker and receiver and would be an immediate upgrade over the inconsistent hands of Luke Willson.