Harvin trade initially shot

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By Chris Wesseling
Around the League Writer
"Percy Harvin trade initially shot down by Seahawks GM"

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... eahawks-gm

"With cornerback Richard Sherman and safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor next in line for lucrative contract extensions, Schneider was hesitant to pay a receiver who reportedly was seeking an outlandish contract on par with Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald.
Because Schneider and former salary-cap specialist John Idzik managed the salary cap so well the past three years, the Seahawks could afford to be the only NFL team paying two wide receivers more than $8 million per season. It certainly helped that Harvin carried the "street cred" to command respect in the team's pay-day pecking order."

Glad Schneider's on our side :0190l: :0190l:
 

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Skipped over the most interesting part, I think:

Schneider was hesitant to pay a receiver who reportedly was seeking an outlandish contract on par with Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald.

Once Schneider dug deeper, though, he discovered Harvin might settle for Vincent Jackson money ($11 million annually) if it meant escaping what had devolved into a poisonous situation in Minnesota, originally stemming from a strained relationship with former Vikings head coach Brad Childress.

Seems the rumors about his asking price were just floated out there to get him out of Minny.
 

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