The Seattle Seahawks signed tackle Abraham Lucas to a 3-year, $46 million contract extension on Thursday. The deal keeps Lucas on the Seahawks through 2028 and more importantly allows Seattle more flexibility moving forward with a slew of upcoming contract decisions from the 2022 draft class.
That includes left tackle Charles Cross, who received the fifth-year option earlier this year, as the Seahawks continue to evaluate his development and value on the other side.
A $15.3 million average annual value is an extraordinary discount if Lucas has put his knee injury issues behind him, and Mike Garafolo mentioned that the tackle could earn more with certain incentives.
Lucas will be the 12th highest-paid right tackle by AAV
And the 29th highest-paid tackle overall
Lucas has played in 13 of a possible 34 games in the past two seasons
The Seahawks now have two of their 2022 draft class picks signed beyond this season and these players left to make decisions about:
RB Kenneth Walker
OLB Boye Mafe
S Coby Bryant
CB Tariq Woolen
WR Dareke Young
Lucas was the most obvious player to keep out of the group, especially at this going rate of $15 million per season. The Seahawks must be feeling very good about how his knees have reacted to every practice and preseason thrown at Abe Lucas this year, now he just needs to keep it going for another four months, at least.
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I thought we’d have to wait until the bye week to get Lucas. I did wonder why he played in every preseason game, and whether that was to make a determination of his overall knee health. There was no real reason for him to play extended preseason time in his 4th year. I figured they would have to pay more than this, but Lucas, like E. Jones, gave the Seahawks a very friendly team contract. Lucas and Jones made it clear they want to retire a Seahawk. I’m so glad we sh*tcan players like DK who want to play elsewhere, and reward players like Lucas who love being here. I’m now a huge Lucas fan! I expect incentives, and I do hope he earns them. That would be good for him AND the team. Thank the lord the supposedly intelligent Seahawks football people didn’t get their wish and JS did not pursue Parsons. That $47 million APY would make these extensions that much more difficult. We won’t have to try and find an OT next year, and with any luck, perhaps Cross will add a few years on to his 5th year option.
This is looking good for an up and coming Seahawks team for the next few years. GO HAWKS!!
SMART move by Schneider. We'll have to see how it's structured but as gambles go, that $15m APY could easily have been $23m if he plays the full season well. Yes a gamble but from what everyone is saying, he's done a body remake and that knee must be getting some help from that too.