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Updates on the Earl Thomas situation are few and far between but Jason La Canfora is still suggesting a trade is on the cards:
The Giants are not inclined to pay Beckham what the market will yield him elsewhere, and, likewise, Thomas is not in line to get another payday from Seattle at this point. Both teams are transitioning – if not rebuilding – and holding on to these star players won’t make much sense. Beckham’s holdout would be a mess for the Giants, and while Thomas won’t fetch the first-and-third the Seahawks hoped for, he’ll land multiple other picks.
La Canfora predicts Thomas will be dealt before the start of the draft — in three weeks time.
This still feels like a stalemate. The Seahawks are clearly open to offers but don’t want to lose a future Hall-of-Famer on the cheap. Interested parties know the Seahawks are re-tooling and need picks. The longer they wait, the more likely it is the price comes down.
So the wait goes on. And it could go on beyond the draft. ‘No deal’ is a possibility. It has to be. You can’t just give Thomas away. Then the Seahawks run the risk of losing Thomas in free agency for no more than a comp pick in 2019. Franchising him is an option — but this is a team seemingly unwilling to hand out big contracts at the moment.
You might say, why don’t they just keep him? And they might. But I think we can say with some certainty now — they won’t be giving him a third contract. So one way or another a parting of ways is on the cards. Whether that’s in the next three weeks, a year or two years.
Why would they even entertain moving him? It’s not an easy question to answer on the outside looking in. But it looks like it comes down to two things:
1. A desire to avoid long, expensive contracts for ageing players
2. A need to replenish the lost draft stock
http://seahawksdraftblog.com/whats-goin ... ell-wilson
Updates on the Earl Thomas situation are few and far between but Jason La Canfora is still suggesting a trade is on the cards:
The Giants are not inclined to pay Beckham what the market will yield him elsewhere, and, likewise, Thomas is not in line to get another payday from Seattle at this point. Both teams are transitioning – if not rebuilding – and holding on to these star players won’t make much sense. Beckham’s holdout would be a mess for the Giants, and while Thomas won’t fetch the first-and-third the Seahawks hoped for, he’ll land multiple other picks.
La Canfora predicts Thomas will be dealt before the start of the draft — in three weeks time.
This still feels like a stalemate. The Seahawks are clearly open to offers but don’t want to lose a future Hall-of-Famer on the cheap. Interested parties know the Seahawks are re-tooling and need picks. The longer they wait, the more likely it is the price comes down.
So the wait goes on. And it could go on beyond the draft. ‘No deal’ is a possibility. It has to be. You can’t just give Thomas away. Then the Seahawks run the risk of losing Thomas in free agency for no more than a comp pick in 2019. Franchising him is an option — but this is a team seemingly unwilling to hand out big contracts at the moment.
You might say, why don’t they just keep him? And they might. But I think we can say with some certainty now — they won’t be giving him a third contract. So one way or another a parting of ways is on the cards. Whether that’s in the next three weeks, a year or two years.
Why would they even entertain moving him? It’s not an easy question to answer on the outside looking in. But it looks like it comes down to two things:
1. A desire to avoid long, expensive contracts for ageing players
2. A need to replenish the lost draft stock
http://seahawksdraftblog.com/whats-goin ... ell-wilson