Allows him to test the market before Free Agency begins. I'm sure the Seahawks have told him they want him back and to come back with whatever he is offered and the Hawks will see if they can match it or beat it and retain him on a multi year deal. I like the thinking.
My Dad thinks the same way all the time. We looked at the last 20 years. Teams that have beaten an opponent twice in the same season, and then play them again in the playoffs win > 75 percent of the time. It's an illogical argument to say that you'll likely lose a third matchup to a team that...
Bryan Walters outside left and Ricardo Lockette outside right. Bevell called this formation at least 2-3 times per game and it always resulted in a run up the middle that lost two yards or gained one yard. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
It became a running joke, and one that wasn't very funny, between...
Without a doubt Bobby Wagner is a better football player than Bobby Wagner. He is the best at his position in the NFL.
Russell Wilson is also without a doubt the more valuable of the two, and if I had to choose to only keep one it would be Russell.
All of the above statements can be true...
Time heals all. When he does retire and gets his name in the rafters in Seattle I will wear my 29 jersey proudly at that day. Same for Sherman. Neither one handled their exits well at all, especially 25. However, they led us to our first and only (so far) Super Bowl...
As a physical therapist I can tell you that it takes longer than 12 months following patellar tendon repair for a high level athlete like these to regain their explosiveness and speed. However we saw with Jimmy Graham that they can still be very productive (the year after he tore the patellar...
Penny had a couple of real long runs that happened after he got hit in the backfield. Thus the higher YAContact. However Carson got consistently better YAContact if you take out the couple of big hitters.
It should not longer be frustrating considering that has been the MO of this current regime since nearly their beginning. They just don't go out and spend stupid money on a player in the first wave of free agency.
I don't think the Hawks have interest in signing him to a deal, at least for the money he's looking for. HOWEVER if they did decide to offer him $13M a year I can almost guarantee that Earl would come back. Its amazing how the green paper resolves all the previous "disrespect."