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This was all a big joke. No need to get angry about it. The Hawks had no realistic chance at signing Suh and I'm sure PC and JS probably laughed at rumors like this.
My wife knows kung fu. She can kick my bodyguard's ass.Hawks46":tihyetny said:MysterMatt":tihyetny said:I'll literally weep with joy if we somehow work a deal with Suh. Literally. That said, there are other guys hitting the market who'd certainly be a net positive at a better price. I'm thinking of guys like Paea. Assuming Mebane comes back to be his rock-steady self, an acquisition like that would work out quite nicely.
Oh, without a doubt guys like Paea and Melton would work in a rotation and be a hell of a lot cheaper, but Suh would be epic and the best case scenario for our defense. You could replace at least 2 guys with him to offset some of the cost.
In other words, I'm in total agreement with you. I wouldn't weep, but I could get drunk and beat my wife for kicks. Always a good time.
WarHawks":3tpvanqh said:Since John and Pete have been at the helm, I've come to expect the unexpected. Suh is no different. It wouldn't surprise me if they find a way to land him, and neither would it surprise me if they end up getting someone else we're not even talking about right now.
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Hawks46":3c1xuz3i said:Sgt. Largent":3c1xuz3i said:MizzouHawkGal":3c1xuz3i said:That's why we should give it our best shot to get him if he truly wants to play in Seattle. In my opinion he's a game changing type of player like Reggie White which means it would be worth doing pretty much whatever is possible to sign him.
But knowing how many teams have a lot of cap space and some of them contenders doesn't make me confident that we even have a serious chance at him because there's just no way he isn't going to get an insane amount of money in the amount we probably can't even get in the neighborhood of.
Here's a list of the highest paid DT's right now
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/defensive-tackle/
So by saying we need to do whatever is possible to sign Suh, you're willing to spend 18-20M a year on Suh? Cause that's about what his projected annual salary is gonna be once all these teams with tons of cap space start fighting over him.
Personally I'd love to have Suh, but not at 20M a year, that'd cripple our cap and crush our D-line depth. If the dude's willing to take 12-15M a year to play in Seattle? God love him, but that's a pipe dream.
Actually, if you look at the numbers, it's really not a pipe dream. If Oakland offered him 20 mil/year, but like Big Sky Doc says, you have 13.3% state income tax for CA, then 6% city tax for Oakland (I don't know what kind of drugs you have to be on to pay an EXTRA 6% in a crap hole like Oakland), that's 18% total. So, now you're at 16.4 mil/year after taxes.
If you could sign Suh for 12-15 mil/year like you theorized, that's a 2-3 mil/year difference. Now factor in the facilities, the fact that this is a premier destination for FA's that take less money to play for Pete, it's a young, winning program at the top and staying there, and Suh is from this area to begin with.........that doesn't sound so far fetched to me.
Seattle isn't a small market (7th largest media market in the country, ahead of places like Indy and Jax), has a much better quality of life than places like Oakland, and Suh has a chance to not only be on a great defense, but a historic defense that would put his name in the record books and probably cement a legacy.
It's not that far off, but could we afford him at even 15 mil/year and still sign Wagner and Wilson, and keep Lynch for at least a year ? If we could, I'd damn near sell out to do so.
danbogart":25aucxjz said:Just got a notification from bleacher report that he's signing with the Dolphins.
dontbelikethat":2yaui4fc said:danbogart":2yaui4fc said:Just got a notification from bleacher report that he's signing with the Dolphins.
Haven't seen the tweet yet, but I've seen other people mentioned they got the tweet too. Can you post it if you find it?