Dirty Bird
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Hawks would fare better investing money elsewhere.
MontanaHawk05":drlwmwpt said:Quibble over the $16m/yr figure and the "two elite DB's for the price of 1.5" all you like
T-Sizzle":h5m5s8jr said::13: this isn't madden."We usually try not to move Pro Bowl players to different positions," - John Schneider
theENGLISHseahawk":u8fegc8f said:In fairness to the $16m and $60m guaranteed talk... that isn't happening. It's more than likely his agent setting the bar high and deliberately plucking an unlikely figure out of the air.
The highest paid corner in the NFL earned $11m this year (Champ Bailey). I suspect anything that tops that for a player coming off ACL surgery will get it done. Mario Williams only got $50m guaranteed as a non-ACL suffering free agent. I'd guestimate he'll be looking to earn over $40m in four years, which you could front load to put him at around $7m in the key years when Seattle needs to re-sign its young talent.
Not that I'm 100% behind this trade... I just think financially it's do-able.
theENGLISHseahawk":143hfyiy said:MontanaHawk05":143hfyiy said:Quibble over the $16m/yr figure and the "two elite DB's for the price of 1.5" all you like
In fairness I only made that point to show it was affordable and what the benefit of such a deal would be, not as a caveat for why they should make a trade.
chris98251":2ve8db67 said:"They’re going to ask for two [first-round picks],’’ the source said, which coincidentally is the same package they got for receiver Keyshawn Johnson 13 years ago. “It’s going to take probably a first and a third [round pick] and salary . . . picking up the money end of it is a big consideration as well. Maybe a throw-in seventh-round pick depending on how well he does.’’
This is what they are rumored to be asking for a 1 year rental.
This is called stupid trades 101 for any GM that does it.