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5 outcomes of the Darrell Taylor trade

How trading Darrell Taylor impacts the Seahawks final 53-man roster, salary cap needs, and edge rusher competitions: Seaside Joe 2001

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Aug 23, 2024
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No position gets spotlighted nearly as much for their negative plays as quarterbacks do (interceptions, incomplete passes, sacks, fumbles, not to mention that any “low” rate stat is going to be perceived as a negative) but if we had spent just as much time talking about not setting the edge and not stopping the run and not missing easy sack opportunities, Seahawks fans hearing the news that Darrell Taylor was traded on Friday would only be asking, “What took so long?”

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But because the only stat most of us seem to care about with regards to edge rushers is sack totals, some of might be fooled into believing that trading Taylor to the Bears is a net loss, when instead it’s more like paying $20,000 for a sixth round pick. Given some of the complaints recently over leaving $1 million of dead money on the books after trading Nick Harris for practically nothing, perhaps the Taylor trade is a reasonable offset.

He wasn’t a reasonable player to keep around for $3 million, and by trading Taylor, the Seahawks are one big step closer to where they need to be relative to the 2024 salary cap.

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With that in mind, these are 5 outcomes of the Darrell Taylor trade that impact the Seahawks in the days, weeks, and months ahead:

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