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DJrmb":pa6leu02 said:Attyla the Hawk":pa6leu02 said:chris98251":pa6leu02 said:Lineman that have back issues that make them miss 11 games I think it was that are paid to push and lift on the move 300 or 600 pounds of man flesh isn't a good bet.
Totally agreed. That's a tough situation.
That said, if he's out there post draft just lingering around, I would sign him for the vet minimum if for no other reason than to maybe imbue Gilliam and Fant with his unique brand of edginess. Gilliam in particular could afford a nasty influence. Even if Breno ultimately serves no value other than a camp body.
In that respect, it'd merely be win/win. Either he shakes the odds and is healthy enough (or good enough) to play and makes the team. Or he's not. And we cut him, absolving the cap hit and costing us nothing. And for 6+ weeks, maybe a needed bit of him rubs off on the guys that do make the team.
He'd be a guy I would advise we keep an eye on come late May/early June. Definitely after the deadline for qualifying for comp picks. Seattle has kicked tires with the likes of Eric Winston and Jahri Evans at this time too. So we do have a history of just this sort of thing. Breno probably offers more than either of those two did.
Well said Attyla, this speaks to the point I was trying to make. In free agency every player has issues, that's why they hit free agency. Free agency is all about risk versus reward. Of course going after Breno in the early part of FA and offering him a deal with guaranteed money is dumb... duh... but bringing him in like you mentioned, late, on a minimum deal with no guarantees offers nothing but potential upside for Seattle. In that scenario there is no or very little risk and moderate chance at some reward.
This is the same point some of us are trying to make with Okung. The risk of bringing in Okung is so low that it just makes sense. Not every move is for some super star top 5 starter. Sometimes you have to just stop the bleeding until you can address something longer term. Okung seems to provide a perfect opportunity to do that. Wherever he signs it's going to be for a short term deal with very little guaranteed money (very low risk) and that is in a market that is starving for bodies at his position. Seattle is lucky to have this opportunity in my opinion. After all, that's how John and Pete initially built this team. They set the transactions record because they were bringing in huge volumes of these low risk type of players and trying them and seeing if they stick. It's a proven method, why deviate from it now?
Who has John and Pete brought in that has been recently injured or a suspect history of it? Maybe there is but I cant find or think of anyone. The Seahawks set the transaction record when the team had very few core players. There was a lot more money to play with then.