I'm not saying I disagree with you... I just think Carroll/JS really like him... I feel like if they can convince him to sign as a backup they'd keep him...
I think you can get Geno re-signed on a fair deal (not a bargain, not a gross overpay) for multiple years and work the cap hit so it's only around $20M in 2023. Something like this:
That's not a ranking, but yes, you're right.
Wasn't the main reason for the slight decline but losing Dissly looked like it played a factor in the run/passing game... He's such a great blocker and seemed to be Geno's favorite TE target... Seemed like when he went down with the season ending injury, it had some impact on the offense... The intangibles he brings to the offensive side of the ball are tough to replace...
Geno is 32. Won't be 33 for 9 more months. QBs can sustain their level of play at a later age than every other position, and Geno has barely played the last 6 years before this one. He's probably the youngest 32 year old in the league in terms of mileage. If he played 5 more years, he would still be younger at the end of it than Aaron Rodgers was at the end of the 2021 season. I really don't see how his age is a factor for this next contract.
so he will be 33 at the start of the year.
QBs lose their mobility as they age and get easier to sack and require a OL that gives them extra time and they decline to run even with nothing but green ahead of them because they don't want to take the punishment. The arm is the last to start fading but it does fade and if they had a cannon to begin with they can still throw with a fading arm, just not as well. RW had a cannon Geno arm is OK not a cannon though. Geno has a small handful of games he's played well, he's been playing to keep his career alive, fail in 2022 and he would be out of the NFL. Nobody was interested in signing him except Seattle last summer. The idea that Seahawks should give him a 40 million signing bonus is irresponsible line of thinking. Draft a rookie QB, have the advantage of saving a huge amount of cap on the QB position and you can use that cap to build the roster. Maybe sign Payne who would upgrade the DL immediately and immensely and you could also draft a nose tackle like Ika, a inside LB, a center, a guard ect. The cap advantage would continue for 4-5 years and the Seahawks are in the position of drafting one of the top prospects at QB and having their franchise QB.
Im starting to come around to this, but I think we are going to see geno resigned sooner than anticipated.
I agree: QBs have way more longevity than RBs (and pretty much everyone else). I didn't mention anything about Brady, but we have seen many QBs play just fine into their late 30s over the last couple decades. Geno is ~5 months older than Derek Carr and ~1 year older than Jimmy G.
A 5 year deal can easily be structured to effectively be a 3 year deal, when Geno would start the season at 35 years old.
Signing Payne would go a long ways to improve the DL don't you think?
Bullshit. You can be against bringing Geno back but also tell the truth about how he played this year. You aren't, and it compromises your credibility in the discussion to the point where it is a clear waste of time to continue it with you.
It's true he had more mediocre games than big games, and that includes most of the second half of the season. Fact.
That's what he does though -- a bunch of subjective fluff strung together with speculative wind.
