Yeah, I think it speaks to the difficulty and risk involved when trying to build through free agency. It's significantly more expensive compared to the draft, and free agents have a lot more say in where they end up than drafted players. The Hawks could decide they will hold off on paying Geno so they have more ammo to sign Payne, but then Payne could just decide to go somewhere else, leaving Seattle totally empty handed on both fronts.
IDK about that, but it appears both sides would like to get a deal done, but it will come down to dollars and especially guaranteed money. Seahawks don't really have a bunch of cap space given how many players they need to resign, so until Geno sign's we just don't know what will happen.
We'll see, I feel it would be good to bring Geno back on a bridge type of cost and a early out. I'll be a bit depressed if the Seahawks invest a bunch of capitol and time in Geno though, feel that will what ends up keeping them from building a Super Bowl caliber team. Rather see the Seahawks spend cap space on defense, QBs are way over paid in the market and it's especially galling when a team overspends on a mediocre player based on a small sample where he over achieved. It's sort of amazing how players have a career year when it's a contract year and the biggest reason teams sign bad contracts with players.
You sign Geno to a 3-5 year 40 million or more guaranteed contract, then Geno goes back to blah ( I am so sure he will) where's that leave the Seahawks? He will be a drag on the cap, Seahawks will still need a QB but won't have the draft capitol because they passed on drafting a QB when they had a reasonable chance of finding one this year without moving up in the draft because of Geno frigging Smith.
It's going to be about guaranteed money. That's what matters for players and teams. Geno going get to much of a guarantee based off 2022.
Resign Lock for about what they paid geno last year and similar incentives, then draft a QB at some point, early gives you more options, but if not impressed take one with pick 20, or the second round or even later? Do not put all your eggs in the Geno basket, paying him based on 2022 and skipping on looking for a QB, that's just plum crazy.
If Geno goes to complete crap, Seattle will have a high draft pick. With the looks of it young and stroud will be off the board by 1.5 and truthfully not a fan of the other QBs.
Paying Geno 30-40 million in guaranteed money will get Pete and John fired. I realize some here are looking forward to that, but I am not one of them.
That was only if Geno was going to reach a 40 million AAV... I wouldn't be onboard w/ that...
I was responding to your post asking if paying Geno 30 or 40 million was crazy. 30 million guaranteed may not be crazy but for dang sure 40 million guaranteed is. Just how stupid would it look paying him that kind of coin and than he plays to his norm, oh yeah then lets not draft a QB ( already to much vested at QB position I hear), lets just ride a aging Geno Smith who come up with a shocking career year for the first time in his life.
Pete Carroll will ride off into the sunset in a few years, he may not think any of the Qbs gives him a better chances at one last superbowl run over smith + an elite defender.
