Pandion Haliaetus
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What do you think are the chances the Seahawks could restructure and extend Okung's current contract to a deal somewhere between the lines of both SFO's tackles.
Anthony Davis got a 5 yr, 33.2 m extension. 6.64 million per.
Joe Staley got a 6 yr, 43.2 m extension. 7.2 million per.
I would put Okung's value in between both players, Okung is not as good of a run-blocker Davis is nor as good of a Pass-blocker Joe Staley is. Not to mention that Okung has missed 21 starts out of the team's 71 total games (64 RS, 7 PS) over the last 4 years.
The total money Okung was scheduled to earn in those 4 years was a whopping $40 million. The contract language is pretty confusing... Overthecap.com put Okung earning 29.98 million in base salaries/roster bonuses but also said he received $10 million in Guaranteed salary advanced.
But whether if its 30 million or 40 million its still a lot of damn money even with the games missed that could make his total earnings closer to $20/$30 million depending on which figure is correct. For instance, Earl Thomas in the same 4 years, while starting every game, while being a bigger impact player on the field has only earned about $14 million in the last 4 years.
If the Seahawks cut Okung this year, it would save $6.68m against the cap. 2013 regular season taught us that this team could survive and go 7-1 without Okung, and be 6-2 with him. And that this team could do it with an old, overmatched Guard like Paul McQuistan who got thoroughly dominated, yet the team continued to win despite it.
Thats leverage. If I'm Schneider, Carroll, and Cable. I'm looking at the first round pick and looking at OT. I'm looking at Bailey, Bowie, and Hauptmann and challenging them, developing them every day. I'm looking at all the LTs on the market or could be on the market and not comparing them against Okung but how big of an improvement they'd be over McQuistan.
Because lets say Russell Okung loves playing for the Seahawks and understands we have to pay players for their contributions to keep this thing going. Lets say he's on that same page with us and possibly sees all that writing on the wall that the team might prepare to move on without him and his giant contract when he has yet to start an entire season's worth of games. So, Okung does restructures/re-negotiates his deal for an extension and instead of saving $6.68 million against the cap by being cut, he only costs $6.68 million against the cap in 2014. He would still save the team 4.56m and that could be the difference in being able to re-sign Giacomini or the difference of keeping Red Bryant, if Okung theoretically liked and had relationships with both of those players.
I'm not saying this absolutely needs to happen, I like Okung and feel his best years are still ahead of him, but 11.24 million is just too damn much to give to an oft-injured fringe Pro-Bowl talent who has only started and played in 70% of his games since entering the league.
And yes I do understand the parallels to Harvin. No need to talk about that here but I will say this, in 2009, Percy Harvin signed a 5 year, 14.5 million contract. In 2010, Russell Okung signed a 6 year, 58 million contract.
Anthony Davis got a 5 yr, 33.2 m extension. 6.64 million per.
Joe Staley got a 6 yr, 43.2 m extension. 7.2 million per.
I would put Okung's value in between both players, Okung is not as good of a run-blocker Davis is nor as good of a Pass-blocker Joe Staley is. Not to mention that Okung has missed 21 starts out of the team's 71 total games (64 RS, 7 PS) over the last 4 years.
The total money Okung was scheduled to earn in those 4 years was a whopping $40 million. The contract language is pretty confusing... Overthecap.com put Okung earning 29.98 million in base salaries/roster bonuses but also said he received $10 million in Guaranteed salary advanced.
But whether if its 30 million or 40 million its still a lot of damn money even with the games missed that could make his total earnings closer to $20/$30 million depending on which figure is correct. For instance, Earl Thomas in the same 4 years, while starting every game, while being a bigger impact player on the field has only earned about $14 million in the last 4 years.
If the Seahawks cut Okung this year, it would save $6.68m against the cap. 2013 regular season taught us that this team could survive and go 7-1 without Okung, and be 6-2 with him. And that this team could do it with an old, overmatched Guard like Paul McQuistan who got thoroughly dominated, yet the team continued to win despite it.
Thats leverage. If I'm Schneider, Carroll, and Cable. I'm looking at the first round pick and looking at OT. I'm looking at Bailey, Bowie, and Hauptmann and challenging them, developing them every day. I'm looking at all the LTs on the market or could be on the market and not comparing them against Okung but how big of an improvement they'd be over McQuistan.
Because lets say Russell Okung loves playing for the Seahawks and understands we have to pay players for their contributions to keep this thing going. Lets say he's on that same page with us and possibly sees all that writing on the wall that the team might prepare to move on without him and his giant contract when he has yet to start an entire season's worth of games. So, Okung does restructures/re-negotiates his deal for an extension and instead of saving $6.68 million against the cap by being cut, he only costs $6.68 million against the cap in 2014. He would still save the team 4.56m and that could be the difference in being able to re-sign Giacomini or the difference of keeping Red Bryant, if Okung theoretically liked and had relationships with both of those players.
I'm not saying this absolutely needs to happen, I like Okung and feel his best years are still ahead of him, but 11.24 million is just too damn much to give to an oft-injured fringe Pro-Bowl talent who has only started and played in 70% of his games since entering the league.
And yes I do understand the parallels to Harvin. No need to talk about that here but I will say this, in 2009, Percy Harvin signed a 5 year, 14.5 million contract. In 2010, Russell Okung signed a 6 year, 58 million contract.
