Tical21":3v20wocx said:
We don't "really" have a ton of cap space, as we don't have a high number of players signed through next season. If we sign Clowney AND Reed, we'll be pretty strapped afterwards, but we can quite easily sign one of the two.
Tical, cap numbers are not big in year 1 of new deals. Look at Frank Clark, Khalil Mack, etc, their cap number is around $10M APY in the first year. You and many others seem to think they will have a cap hit of their APY in year 1, which just isn't the case. Look at any big contract and see for yourself.
$70M in cap space + cutting Britt & Ed Dickson isn't enough space huh?
Playing with the calculator on otc.
I cut Britt & Dickson. I tendered Seattle's ERFA's and only a couple of Seattle's RFA's in Hollister & Hunt.
Giving the Seahawks $72M in cap space with 46 players on the roster.
They could gain even more space if needed by cutting KJ Wright -$6M, McDougald -$4M, Fluker -$3M
Needing to sign Clowney, Reed, & Jefferson as their big UFAs. If they even want to re-sign Reed & Jefferson.
Seattle will be big players in Free Agency, as I could see them pursuing D-Lineman heavily to add to Clowney if they can get him done, and then looking to DB in the draft.
If Clowney is signed away because some crazy team out there backs up the brink's truck. Best believe Seattle will pursue passrushers aggressively. Similar to what GB did this year, in spite of paying Rodgers top money. They still had plenty of room to sign the Smith brothers. and a litany of other UFAs.
Seattle is in excellent position salary cap wise, and draft pick wise going into the off-season.
Now go look at LA's & SF's cap situations and have a good laugh.
SF will have $15M in space with 43 players under contract with Emanual Sanders, Arik Armstead, & Jimmie Ward set to be UFA's, and they will need to extend George Kittle.
LA is even worse. They will have $26.6M, but a lot more big UFAs. Dante Fowler, Whitworth (probably will retire), Michael Brockers, Corey Littleton, Greg the Leg, and needing to extend Cooper Kupp, and John Johnson.