Seahawks lock up Sherman - 4yrs - 57mil, 40mil guaranteed

[frash.exe]

Maybe not now. They used to be, though.

Honestly, I don't think Mike Tomlin is that great a coach, but the Steelers never fire coaches, so...

Yea I think the bill cowher residue completely wore off a few years ago and they just haven't been able to develop good talent since then

[Argus Plexus]

Too much, but smart to lock him up.

[smitty_89]

Don't care.

 you cared enough to click the into the thread and comment...next time if you don't have anything productive to add, don't comment. Thanks for your insightful comment. :)

[PandaPancake]

This thread is a bad idea. We're not supposed to talk about him. That's what he told Erin Andrews

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[fjblair]

Professional sports is going to screw the pooch eventually with the absurd amounts of money being thrown around. It's just a matter of time before QB's start getting MLB type contracts.

[gettlemanjack]

SEA have Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch under contract through 2015. Being that Lynch will be 30 for the 2016 season, he will likely be let go after 2015. Gives Seattle a two-year window (2014, 2015) to keep those two together. Their #1 WR Golden Tate (898 yds) had to be let go as a cap casualty...he signed a five-year, $31 million contract with Detroit.

[Lemory]

 you cared enough to click the into the thread and comment...next time if you don't have anything productive to add, don't comment. Thanks for your insightful comment. :)

 

Well aren't you just a friendly ball of sunshine and unicorn farts.

[gettlemanjack]

They're going to be cap strapped eventually...

I think I heard that the contracts of Thomas and Sherman are front-loaded so they are getting their money up front which will allow the Hawks to re-sign Wilson...

details on Sherman's contract aren't out yet but Earl Thomas, like Kam Chancellor, has a contact that gets more expensive as each year passes. Here is Thomas'...

Earl Thomas

2014 - $7.4 million salary-cap figure

2015 - $7.4 million salary-cap figure

2016 - $9.9 million salary-cap figure

2017 - $10.4 million salary-cap figure

2018 - $10.5 million salary-cap figure

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Breaking-down-Earl-Thomas-44725-million-deal.html

[PantherPhann89]

I didn't expect anything else. Sherman is the best man cover CB in the league. They couldn't afford not to lock him up.   

[gettlemanjack]

I saw some poo where the Seahawks are currently like 100 million under the cap in 2016. So I think they will be ok.

in 2013, Seattle's cap number was $136.704 million (6th-highest in the NFL in 2013) with $3.352 million 2013 cap room remaining...and that was with Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman having bargain cap numbers - $2.921 million cap number for Thomas and $600,606 cap charge for Sherman

in 2016, the only reason SEA has a bunch of cap space is because Seattle only has 7 players on contact through 2016 (in addition to their rookies from the 2013 Draft/UDFA class)

Players SEA has on contact through 2016...

WR Percy Harvin

C Max Unger

DE Michael Bennett

CB Richard Sherman

FS Earl Thomas

SS Kam Chancellor

K Steven Hauschka

2013 Draft Picks and UDFA

-RT Michael Bowie (played in 9 games last yr)

-TE Luke Willson (caught for 272 yds last yr)

-RB Christine Michael (79 rushing yds last yr)

-FB Spencer Ware (played in 2 games last yr)

-DT Jordan Hill (4 tackles last yr)

-DT Jesse Williams (DNP last yr)

-OLB Mike Taylor (practice squad)

-CB Tharold Simon (DNP last yr)

-long snapper Jorgen Hus

[Montsta]

I'd rather have two DE's taking up 20% of the cap than two DB's.