Noah Fant Signs (2 years, $21M)

[CactusJack]

 

[seabowl]

Love this signing. The dude has a ton of potential and he was my favorite acquisition from day one outside of the pics from the Broncos.

 

[JPatera76]

Yay! we have 1 TE on the roster!! lol much better than None!

 

[Maelstrom787]

Biting my tongue.

Paying Fant more than Brooks got certainly is a choice

 

[Rat]

Good news. I think he's certainly worth that. I believe he's better than he has been able to show

 

[Ad Hawk]

Biting my tongue.

Paying Fant more than Brooks got certainly is a choice

Only sort-of bit your tongue, Mael.

 

[JPatera76]

Biting my tongue.

Paying Fant more than Brooks got certainly is a choice

iuts a 50/50 IMO but I feel Mac's got a plan

 

[CactusJack]

Biting my tongue.

Paying Fant more than Brooks got certainly is a choice

I'd rather have Dissly honestly.

 

[sutz]

I call it a net positive. He's been a good TE, and he knows Geno.

 

[IndyHawk]

Grubb likes to use his TE's and he chose this one.I'm good with it.

 

[Maelstrom787]

I'd rather have Dissly honestly.

Dissly can throw a decent block, at least.

I just don't see the upside here. I could be proven wrong, I guess

 

[Rat]

Grubb likes to use his TE's and he chose this one.I'm good with it.

His four TEs barely combined for 800 yards last season. Hope he likes to use them more than that.

 

[12AngryHawks]

Finally, some good news!

Plus, we gotta keep someone from the Russ trade.

 

[DarkVictory23]

I call it a net positive. He's been a good TE, and he knows Geno.

Yeah, I agree with this though... yeah, with what Brooks and Dissly ended up signing for, I'm kind of at a loss a little bit what the long term plan is right now.

I'm assuming Grubb and Mac must have replacements for these guys they both want because neither signed for ridiculous contracts.

 

[flv2]

I'm guessing Spotrac have adjusted their 'Market value' rating of Fant just to mess with you guys. I could have sworn he was valued at $11M+ a few weeks ago.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/noah-fant-29055/market-value/

Maybe I should have said "Ooh! Big overpay!" and posted the Spotrac link. lol.

 

[CactusJack]

On the surface, it's a slight overpay. But I can live with it.

Hopefully we get some good news in regard to Leo here very soon.

 

[Jerhawk]

Noah Fant has the potential to be a top 20 tight end in this league in terms of stats and production

 

[onanygivensunday]

This doesn't bode too well for signing Leonard Williams... because John has typically focused first on signing our own UFAs starting with the largest salary/cap space commitment. Williams is going to take roughly twice what we just committed to Fant.

It doesn't rule it out... but it doesn't look all that great right now.

EDIT: Never mind... the Big Cat signing was just announced.

 

[Fresno Hawk]

With the signing bonus, his annual will be under 10 mil

 

[onanygivensunday]

Noah Fant has the potential to be a top 20 tight end in this league in terms of stats and production

By my count, he was #23 last year... so I'd say he could certainly improve to #15 or thereabouts if Mac and Grubb choose to feature a TE in our offense.