Could be 50/50 if Pete pulls the trigger on Young.
I totally agree with you. But what is hard to determine, at least at present, is, how much would overpaying him be? What do you think it is? Hell I'm not even sure what I think it is at this point. $35 million/yr? Hell, I don't know.
I think any contract for Geno to return to Seattle needs to be framed in the context of cap % instead of raw $. If he's resigned, I think the '23 cap number needs to be around 9% and then at its highest point not more than about 12%. That would keep it below where we had Russ in his last 4 seasons with the team. If the cap for '23 ends up being the $225M that's projected, then a 9% hit would be a couple bucks over $20M. I could live with that, but I don't want to see a 2023 cap number anywhere near $30M.
I think go by the cap, he’s not an elite guy we all know that, so keep it a reasonable cap hit and sure keep him, but he’s not worth a BIG dent in our cap where we’re forced to make cuts… Correct me if I’m wrong I know people in here have numbers down better than me, but I think Wilson was close to 20 percent of the cap? Give or take because every year that changes a bit if the league adds cap $
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For me a $40M AAV contract would not be out of the question as long as he never actually has that high of a cap hit for any season until we reach the point in the deal where the team can cut him without great penalty. The overall numbers might say $40M year, and he gets a nice chunk of cash up front for a SB, but the effective contract is much lower than that based on how it's structured. So when/if Geno is re-signed, one thing we shouldn't do is just add up the total $, divide by the # of years, and freak out about the number. Some of us probably will, but we shouldn't.
If the cash is upfront and it's not allocated out where we would take a substantial cap hit like you mentioned, then I can see that being a better option...
Giants, Seahawks about to enter quarterback no-man's land with big contracts
The New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks are about to enter the doomed world of quarterback purgatory when it comes to their contract situations with Daniel Jones and Geno Smith, respectively.www.yardbarker.com
let drew lock start for a year, build future draft capital so we can trade up in 2024?
That depends on where the Hawks land. If this team lands in the late teens you're basically throwing away more future draft capital than you most likely want. If you want a young QB on the cheap, now is the time to move up from 5 to 1 or 5 to 3 which would cost you less draft capital.
this QB draft class is garbage, next year there are two elite guys that would be #1 this year. even the second tier next year were looking like locks for round 1 if they declared.
If we have a top 1-5 next year pick it would make sense to wait. Most likely the Seahawks will have a later pick then this year (20), If the QBs are that good it would take a lot to move up and teams may not be willing to trade that pick period. That’s the problem with waiting until next draft.
id rather take a chance on next year than risk anything with the QBs in this draft. They all have major flaws and question marks.
Chances are we will not be in the top 10 or 15 to take those so called top QB prospects. Moving up would cost a significant amount of draft capital. At 5 if Stoud falls you have to take him and than use the next 3 picks on defense in a heavy defensive draft class.
Like ive been saying, we trade down and build capital for next year.
Only if Stroud, Anderson or Carter are off the board. If the kid from TT is on the board I'd inclined to take him.
