Would Seattle pay $8 for him? That's more than they paid the entire starting line. If they did offer $8 will Okung suck up his pride after his feelings were hurt last year and take the deal?
Doubt Okung gets a 8 million contract from anyone, even considering the drastic need for OL league wide.
Isn't that what he got last year? How much do you think Seattle would spend? Add in the butt hurt factor.
No idea what the Seahawks would spend on Okung or if their even interested. He made that last year with incentives and pretty sure who ever signs him will also have a low base pay with incentives, not a bad way to go and wouldn't mind him earning 8 mil if he hit the incentives that would include starts and snap counts.
Now it's more about supply and demand. There just aren't enough quality tackles. So you pay or haha you pay for not paying. Bringing in a vet is a must I would think? Someone has to mentor those kids. Otherwise Seattle will have the same problems next year. I'm not sure what the right price/amount of years is?
One would hope but that equates to $. Seattle needs to use the cap + up on the Oline. No more Defense spending if they want to stay competative. Hawk fans should scream at the FO if $ and picks aren't spent on the D side of the ball.
IDK, kind of feel the best way to build is thru the draft and don't think the Seahawks are going to be much of a player in FA signings until the deals start happening, if then.
To me you need to strike a balance. Especially O line. Rookies just aren't ready. Combine that with most lines need 2-3 years together to gel. Draft is great but a large number of drafted players need time to learn. Not an easy job being a coach or GM. One or two bad moves can set franchises back for years as they play catch up. NE seems to be the exception. Loss of Hernandez, 2 x 1st round picks... BB plays that balance game masterfully, trading picks, brining in vets for certain roles.
To me you need to strike a balance. Especially O line. Rookies just aren't ready. Combine that with most lines need 2-3 years together to gel. Draft is great but a large number of drafted players need time to learn. Not an easy job being a coach or GM. One or two bad moves can set franchises back for years as they play catch up. NE seems to be the exception. Loss of Hernandez, 2 x 1st round picks... BB plays that balance game masterfully, trading picks, brining in vets for certain roles.
Good chatting I need to go catch my plane. Leaving 80 degree Hawaii to head back to the PNW
I could be wrong, but I think $8 is under the league minimum.
And this is why I wasn't so quick to criticize him a year ago for the deal he worked himself with Denver. He was either going to be a free agent 2 years in a row, or he was going to get paid big time by the Broncos in '17. At 29, I still think he's in position to get a pretty decent contract this year with a good market for experienced LT talent, especially if college isn't doing a good job at producing NFL players at that position as we are often hearing.
