Seahawks favorite to land Bennett

Not so fast folks

http://www.profootballrumors.com/seahaw ... l-bennett/

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 6m
Seattle is favorite to land DE Michael Bennett, who some regard as the top free agent available. Announcement could come as early as today.

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 6m
On Michael Bennett: He spent time in the Seahawks facility yesterday. Wants to return. SEA pushing hard. Bears turning attention elsewhere

Thank god the Mods are fast it was in four different threads within 30 seconds.

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You can't always believe what you hear from a Chicago-based, biased beat writer?

Wow, who knew?

Not surprising:

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 2m
One source says #Bears offering $8.5 million per year for Michael Bennett and #Seahawks at $8 million annually. That is word around league.

Dang. .net was tripping for a second

Well all I can say is someone has to go for Bennett to stay. Any guesses who(besides Red and Rice)?
Maybe Clemons restructures and/or gets cut. Tate or Baldwin?
I love this news but I am scared of who has to leave now..

Nice to have an owner like Paul Allen, he knows the deal.

So the money is right about the same because of the tax situation how about the years?

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Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 3m
One source says #Bears offering $8.5 million per year for Michael Bennett and #Seahawks at $8 million annually. That is word around league.
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This is equally large news! 8 M a year? Hell yeah. That's great!

DavidSeven":69lar80m said:

Not surprising:

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 2m
One source says #Bears offering $8.5 million per year for Michael Bennett and #Seahawks at $8 million annually. That is word around league.

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If he takes taxes into account, he goes with Seattle.

Hope you come back Mike. You'll be a two time Super Bowl champ if you do.

DavidSeven":jk2znwyd said:

Not surprising:

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 2m
One source says #Bears offering $8.5 million per year for Michael Bennett and #Seahawks at $8 million annually. That is word around league.

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Well, considering Illinois has a 5% income tax, the difference is basically minimal ($75,000).

DavidSeven":1olnvx3m said:

Not surprising:

Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 2m
One source says #Bears offering $8.5 million per year for Michael Bennett and #Seahawks at $8 million annually. That is word around league.

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Bears have to offer more than that to compete, I'd think. With those offers, he'd a) be on a much better team with Seattle, and b) still probably have more money after taxes to show for it. Win-win for Seattle if these offers are correct.

Seahwkgal":eljozgb3 said:

Well all I can say is someone has to go for Bennett to stay. Any guesses who(besides Red and Rice)?
Maybe Clemons restructures and/or gets cut. Tate or Baldwin?
I love this news but I am scared of who has to leave now..

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We have near 23 million in cap space after the Rice and Bryant cuts along with the larger than expected cap increase.

The dollar figures are just as big as the actual news. A contract structured for 8 MM with the new cap figures, is a huge win.

With cost of living factored in, it's probably around the same money. Unless he was planning to bunk with Martellus.

Bennett will also make more money with each sdditional playoff game also.

Anyone know what the playoff bonus' s pay?