Ken, do you have any thoughts on what we are missing when asking why JS traded (albeit a cheap pick) for Bennett when he went unclaimed on waivers to make our practice squad? If he went unclaimed yesterday when we waived him, doesn't it stand to reason that we could've waited for them to waive him and just claim him ourselves instead of trading for him?
Not sure where people are getting this from, as I even saw gregg bell tweet yesterday that the Seahawks traded a pick for Michael Barrett, or if you're getting this from Bell's tweet. The Seahawks traded Michael Jackson for Barrett and when they did, I wrote that he would be a practice squad player.
How funny would it have been if Carolina acquired Barrett on waivers after being cut by the Seahawks? I almost wish it had happened just to see the reaction. There had to be some kind of GM pinky-swear not to do this and make John look like a chump.
Mike Macdonald probably thought Barrett had more intangibles than Mike Jackson, being a Michigan guy already in his system for a few years and team captain. Plus needing LB depth.
I didn't follow the trade details originally. I was asking from what I saw in another comment. I guess if the team ended up getting a guy whom nobody wanted (no waiver claims) for a guy whom nobody wanted, then it was even-stevens.
Ken just curious, at the doctor so can’t lookup, but was there a cap benefit by trading Jackson? Barrett basically no cost. Jackson had a contract. Trade, contract off Hawks book. Less than Rhattigan but still potential was that. And there is also the “goodwill” aspect. Like GB, Philly, and our former connections in Carolina, trade gives JS some goodwill.
- 16 players per squad * 32 teams = 512 players who are on practice squads as of tonight. Of course, give or take a few...there will be IPP exceptions, there will be teams that don't carry 16 players tonight, but maybe we call it about 500 players, right? And then between now and the end of the year, how many guys not on practice squads today will be added to a practice squad? I have no idea. I had to even guess. But it's quite a few, right?
What I'm getting at is that out of the 500 or 600 or 700 guys who will be on a practice squad this year, the percentage who will be starting for an NFL team by 2025 or 2026 must be a really low number. Maybe someone in the comments has some more facts/stats on this, I'm not sure if anyone outside of the NFL or NFLPA has ever studied it. In my experience of annually writing about guys who got cut or who made the practice squad dating back to 2011, I could probably count the number of future starters on two hands, if not one hand.
Chances of going from playing high school football to college football: 6.8%
Chances of those same HS players playing Division-1 football: 2.6%
Chances that a draft eligible college player will be drafted: 1.5%
Chances of going from playing HS football to being drafted into the NFL: .023% (roughly 230 per 1,000,000).
A guy like Jamie Sheriff is already waayyyyyyyy beyond the point he was ever supposed to get to as a football player and he wasn't even drafted. But even defying those kinds of odds, he's still got so much further to go before any NFL team will say, "You start for us now. You're one of our starters."
Wish him well, wish him luck, hope for the best! Even if it's not with the Seahawks. But probably give some of that luck to players on the Seahawks PS, they need it too.
I like the PS for the Seahawks. Some good insurance there and some talent, too. Holani, Winston, and Okada I think in particular. And of that group, I think the one with the most potential to be a "first teamer" down the road is Okada.
I like that Barrett stuck too, obv, and his floor likely is a ST'er with maybe potential to be a decent ILB down the road.
About the Panthers (and Cardinals last year): how *bad* does your roster have to be to sign SIX guys who were cut by other teams to be on your 53--SIX guys that were better than anyone you had currently picked as your initial team??!!!
My dear old mother used to say, "It's always about the matchup." and I think the batty old lady was right. Maybe our cast offs will be a better fit on a different, but equal, team. The NFL is a league of absolute priority and the shuffling of bottom tier players is part of the master plan.
I sincerely appreciate your encouragement to cheer for individual players on different teams. That sort of thing had never crossed my mind, but I totally believe you're right in this approach. I've always just cheered for the laundry but had never thought much about the individual human beings now wearing different uniforms. Go ex-Hawks!!
Wasn't Michael Bennett waived after being on the Hawks' 90 man team as an UDFA? Then got picked up by someone and played three years doing quite well and then the Hawks picked him up on a one year contract? He is the best example of someone not being drafted, waived, then came back as a proven vet, and then went on to become somewhat of a star.
I noticed that Luis Perez was cut (from the Chargers) -- enjoyed watching him on UFL/XFL teams -- lots of experience, a few rough edges -- Jamie Sheriff flashed a bit but as noted, mostly against the 3rd and 4th stringers; interesting to see that MrFalseStart Ifedi wasn't re-signed ... do tend to root for A&M alums ...
I’d assumed Carolina didn’t expect Barrett to make their 53, just like we didn’t expect Jackson to make our 53, so now it seems kinda weird that they picked up 2 LBs waived by the Seahawks. Canales knows Rhattigan at least. Not surprised they didn’t pull Barrett back - I’m sure Canales wouldn’t do that to JS, who probably supported his HC candidacy around the league.
Rhattigan isn't probably ever going to be a star but he has experience as a starter and is likely to end up at the veteran minimum. Heck I'd bet we might have kept him for 1mil instead of 3
Also, maybe I’m wrong, but it’s a feel-good moment for me when our cuts get picked up on the 53 of another team. Helps bolster my belief that we are really strong and deep.
I read the entire article, but I'm still hung up on the first sentence! The Steinbeck quote that "Nothing good gets away." John must've been too busy writing to have ever lost a wonderful girl like my post college sweetheart while I was in my awful angst-ridden drinking and fighting phase of being a young man. Or my childhood parakeet who I wanted to "let fly a little" since it seemed to be a God given gift to a bird, and I thought his wings were too clipped to take off into the horizon never to be seen again like he did. Or even the sweet cassette player/stereo I put in my '83 Chevette that cost more than the car did that some jerk decided he needed more than me (or my need for a passenger side window). Or the best dog I ever had (cover your ears, current dog Eleanor) who got terminal cancer at age 7.
This is all directed at John Steinbeck, not you or the article. But good things in life DO get away, and too often and too soon sometimes. I once wrote a few short stories that made it into an LA local rag called Wages of Sin (if I even remember that part right) and am still proud of that. I never penned anything as good as any random paragraph of Of Mice and Men or Grapes of Wrath but I liked writing and someone printed *MY* stuff and that seemed like a huge accomplishment. But you know what? When Mrs Turtleman and I got together a decade ago; and this somehow came up -I couldn't find the magazines. So... I even lost my written words!
To the subject at hand, I especially liked Sheriff and Rhattigan even though I figured the latter Nick Bellore'd himself out of his contract due to $. But as much as either, I'm stoked to have George Holani back. And Blair and Burns are players I've had hope for in the past so will continue to as a Seahawks homer. But the likelihood of any of these young men turning out to be even a serviceable starter are surely very low. I think of the career arc of Doug Baldwin or Steve Largent and always assume that there is an NFL roster full of great players who went undrafted or were later round discarded players and "this guy might be one of them." But so may be the guy I never heard of who we pick up on waivers or trade for a bag of footballs.
I have two questions to pose to the wisdom assembled here. (1) Olu. Is he demonstrating why other teams didn't draft him ahead of us? I mean, he's an Outland/Remington-winner. The guy can play [college] center. Or is the position slow to mature? Or is he simply the wrong player in the new system and would benefit from a different blocking scheme? (2) I appreciate the odds posted below. What I don't understand, because I never played the game and know nothing, is why practice squads DON'T produce more NFL players. Is it the case that measurable traits have been refined to the point that the league really knows to a high degree of certainty who can play and there's no overcoming that? Or is it the case that practice squad players simply aren't coached up, that there's a structural issue with the way coaching is handled at the NFL level that precludes all but a very few players actually becoming NFL-ready at their positions. It seems...wrong...improbable?...to me that somebody who's in the top .04 percent of high school football players, who has risen all the way to an NFL practice squad, can't be taught through whatever deficiencies they have, can't be coached into service. (This ties into my concern that the first teams get all the reps during the season, which doesn't serve the second team at all when they're called upon, and makes me wonder if the NFLPA has been too smart by half in restricting practice time.) If none of that's clearly said I'll stop by much later to clean up my mess. Thanks, all.
I loved watching Olu Olu at MICH. He transferred there for his senior year, learned a new system, and excelled. He is a smart guy, for sure. The knock on him in terms of the draft was his pass pro, but he excelled in the run game. In his limited snaps last season I thought he did well. But he is not Grubb's guy, so ?? I think he still has the ceiling of a starting C in the NFL. That said, there are not many rookies who step in year 1 and start... those guys are typically drafted rd 1 or 2. I would not bet against him starting for the Seahawks this year if the injury bug bites, or winning the starting job next year.
It's impossible to know for sure what's in the coaches minds re: Olu, but I can only assume they have determined he's not ready to excel at the position, yet. It could be a 'fit' to scheme issue, or just that he doesn't excel at pulling, which Grubb asks a lot of inside lineman. Mind, Bradford isn't the best at that either. My take on Olu is he's better in pass pro than run blocking, and I think he graded out that way last year as well, in somewhat limited snaps. Williams is only on a 1 year deal, and if he plays back to his prior standard, will get well paid next year.......and perhaps not by JS. Olu's time may yet come.
Re: PS guys so rarely making it big time in the league, I think it's just a case of the evaluation time coaches get before you actually make it to the PS. For most players, coaches have watched you in practices, joint practices, and preseason games for weeks. In some cases, multiple seasons of this. If you have a capable coaching staff, they should know what the player is, and isn't after all that time. With that much time to evaluate, few players SHOULD end up becoming stars. And they don't.
I'm a big believer that by 14, our kids need to have had a 'job', even if it's a neighbor hiring them to mow. Something other than an 'allowance'. They need to see how to get by in "the real world". It may be Olu excelled in college but has had a big shock adjusting to the demands that now you are truly on your own. Make Your Way. No doubt Seahawk Staff have this well in hand.
I recognized every practice squad player. Sometimes merely name recognition, but in many cases I know some of the back story and football qualities. Now, I know I have passed on from being a "fan" to a "fanatic". We have a real powerhouse practice squad that I am afraid will get picked over a bit in the coming year. This practice squad has players I would not worry about starting a game or three. Burns, Okada, O'Connell, Winston, Holani, and the reader may have their own to add. Like I said, a powerhouse practice squad.
Baltimore has always tried to keep their players from the draft in house. So much of what Harbaugh and Decostas leaned toward (Newsome before that) was home grown talent. I see some of that with the final 53 and the PS here. As far as Barret goes Mac sees him as a part of a potential longterm build at LB. He's young but must have the right tools and instincts for the "Big Mac" attack. I also see Seattle keeping many of the good performers at WR, RB, and the secondary. Most of the players are affiliated with Seattle from last year or the past. Tyreke Smith should be signed today after his physical leaving one slot for QB.
Schneider made an interesting comment on Seattle keeping so many OL guys on the 53,
"Schneider said having more linemen on the team just reflects a trend in the league with quality offensive linemen in such high demand.
"We thought about 12, and that's just the landscape of what the National Football League looks like, not just the National Football League, it's college football," he said. "It's not a position of great depth, and you need a whole group of guys working as one, so you need to continue to keep trying to figure it out; I think there are several teams that kept 11, maybe 12."
I think there is more of an emphasis on the OL than under past Seahawk teams. This seems to speak to both Schneider in charge and Mac as head coach. Again this is some of the approach Baltimore has used for awhile.
Having Blair and Smith back on the team along with Reed speaks to that homegrown approach.
It all gets real on the 8th of Sept.
Seattle still thinks they can salvage part of the season with Arbraham and it sound like Nwosu could be back under the 4 week IR, hence the decision, both points of hope. I think Mike Jerrel and next years draft is the preperation for life after Lucas if need be.
One quick note, Mone another former Seahawks Michigan guy signed with the UFL yesterday. With Hankins as the only true nose early down guy, it might be worth a watch in the future to see if he really is healthy and has anything left in the tank.
Yep. Our focus on Big Trench Men is a departure from Pete's ways. Now comes how to pay them and maintain talent everywhere else. My bet is we discern who's who and keep 9-10 next year. It's a hard argument to deny a proven veteran more than $10 million when your QB's are getting 5 times as much. These guys are in hour-long boxing matches every 4 to 6 days. Makes for Hard Men.
Ken, do you have any thoughts on what we are missing when asking why JS traded (albeit a cheap pick) for Bennett when he went unclaimed on waivers to make our practice squad? If he went unclaimed yesterday when we waived him, doesn't it stand to reason that we could've waited for them to waive him and just claim him ourselves instead of trading for him?
Not sure where people are getting this from, as I even saw gregg bell tweet yesterday that the Seahawks traded a pick for Michael Barrett, or if you're getting this from Bell's tweet. The Seahawks traded Michael Jackson for Barrett and when they did, I wrote that he would be a practice squad player.
How funny would it have been if Carolina acquired Barrett on waivers after being cut by the Seahawks? I almost wish it had happened just to see the reaction. There had to be some kind of GM pinky-swear not to do this and make John look like a chump.
Mike Macdonald probably thought Barrett had more intangibles than Mike Jackson, being a Michigan guy already in his system for a few years and team captain. Plus needing LB depth.
I didn't follow the trade details originally. I was asking from what I saw in another comment. I guess if the team ended up getting a guy whom nobody wanted (no waiver claims) for a guy whom nobody wanted, then it was even-stevens.
Even-Stevens sounds like a guy who makes every practice squad
Even-Steven... I KNOW THAT GUY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prvm5ZFPIrE
Ken just curious, at the doctor so can’t lookup, but was there a cap benefit by trading Jackson? Barrett basically no cost. Jackson had a contract. Trade, contract off Hawks book. Less than Rhattigan but still potential was that. And there is also the “goodwill” aspect. Like GB, Philly, and our former connections in Carolina, trade gives JS some goodwill.
SEA MORE COMMENTS:
- 16 players per squad * 32 teams = 512 players who are on practice squads as of tonight. Of course, give or take a few...there will be IPP exceptions, there will be teams that don't carry 16 players tonight, but maybe we call it about 500 players, right? And then between now and the end of the year, how many guys not on practice squads today will be added to a practice squad? I have no idea. I had to even guess. But it's quite a few, right?
What I'm getting at is that out of the 500 or 600 or 700 guys who will be on a practice squad this year, the percentage who will be starting for an NFL team by 2025 or 2026 must be a really low number. Maybe someone in the comments has some more facts/stats on this, I'm not sure if anyone outside of the NFL or NFLPA has ever studied it. In my experience of annually writing about guys who got cut or who made the practice squad dating back to 2011, I could probably count the number of future starters on two hands, if not one hand.
Chances of going from playing high school football to college football: 6.8%
Chances of those same HS players playing Division-1 football: 2.6%
Chances that a draft eligible college player will be drafted: 1.5%
Chances of going from playing HS football to being drafted into the NFL: .023% (roughly 230 per 1,000,000).
A guy like Jamie Sheriff is already waayyyyyyyy beyond the point he was ever supposed to get to as a football player and he wasn't even drafted. But even defying those kinds of odds, he's still got so much further to go before any NFL team will say, "You start for us now. You're one of our starters."
Wish him well, wish him luck, hope for the best! Even if it's not with the Seahawks. But probably give some of that luck to players on the Seahawks PS, they need it too.
I like the PS for the Seahawks. Some good insurance there and some talent, too. Holani, Winston, and Okada I think in particular. And of that group, I think the one with the most potential to be a "first teamer" down the road is Okada.
I like that Barrett stuck too, obv, and his floor likely is a ST'er with maybe potential to be a decent ILB down the road.
About the Panthers (and Cardinals last year): how *bad* does your roster have to be to sign SIX guys who were cut by other teams to be on your 53--SIX guys that were better than anyone you had currently picked as your initial team??!!!
Here is all I can say about that...
My dear old mother used to say, "It's always about the matchup." and I think the batty old lady was right. Maybe our cast offs will be a better fit on a different, but equal, team. The NFL is a league of absolute priority and the shuffling of bottom tier players is part of the master plan.
I sincerely appreciate your encouragement to cheer for individual players on different teams. That sort of thing had never crossed my mind, but I totally believe you're right in this approach. I've always just cheered for the laundry but had never thought much about the individual human beings now wearing different uniforms. Go ex-Hawks!!
Wasn't Michael Bennett waived after being on the Hawks' 90 man team as an UDFA? Then got picked up by someone and played three years doing quite well and then the Hawks picked him up on a one year contract? He is the best example of someone not being drafted, waived, then came back as a proven vet, and then went on to become somewhat of a star.
Miami iirc.
I thought Sherrif would stick, other than that they have a lot of options at QB3. Wonder who the QB. will be. Peterman looked good in the pre season.
I noticed that Luis Perez was cut (from the Chargers) -- enjoyed watching him on UFL/XFL teams -- lots of experience, a few rough edges -- Jamie Sheriff flashed a bit but as noted, mostly against the 3rd and 4th stringers; interesting to see that MrFalseStart Ifedi wasn't re-signed ... do tend to root for A&M alums ...
Yeah man, why no Sheriff? Every town needs one.
I’d assumed Carolina didn’t expect Barrett to make their 53, just like we didn’t expect Jackson to make our 53, so now it seems kinda weird that they picked up 2 LBs waived by the Seahawks. Canales knows Rhattigan at least. Not surprised they didn’t pull Barrett back - I’m sure Canales wouldn’t do that to JS, who probably supported his HC candidacy around the league.
Rhattigan isn't probably ever going to be a star but he has experience as a starter and is likely to end up at the veteran minimum. Heck I'd bet we might have kept him for 1mil instead of 3
Also, maybe I’m wrong, but it’s a feel-good moment for me when our cuts get picked up on the 53 of another team. Helps bolster my belief that we are really strong and deep.
26 pick-ups out of 32 teams with 2 of them from us. It speaks very well for our coaching and scouts.
I read the entire article, but I'm still hung up on the first sentence! The Steinbeck quote that "Nothing good gets away." John must've been too busy writing to have ever lost a wonderful girl like my post college sweetheart while I was in my awful angst-ridden drinking and fighting phase of being a young man. Or my childhood parakeet who I wanted to "let fly a little" since it seemed to be a God given gift to a bird, and I thought his wings were too clipped to take off into the horizon never to be seen again like he did. Or even the sweet cassette player/stereo I put in my '83 Chevette that cost more than the car did that some jerk decided he needed more than me (or my need for a passenger side window). Or the best dog I ever had (cover your ears, current dog Eleanor) who got terminal cancer at age 7.
This is all directed at John Steinbeck, not you or the article. But good things in life DO get away, and too often and too soon sometimes. I once wrote a few short stories that made it into an LA local rag called Wages of Sin (if I even remember that part right) and am still proud of that. I never penned anything as good as any random paragraph of Of Mice and Men or Grapes of Wrath but I liked writing and someone printed *MY* stuff and that seemed like a huge accomplishment. But you know what? When Mrs Turtleman and I got together a decade ago; and this somehow came up -I couldn't find the magazines. So... I even lost my written words!
To the subject at hand, I especially liked Sheriff and Rhattigan even though I figured the latter Nick Bellore'd himself out of his contract due to $. But as much as either, I'm stoked to have George Holani back. And Blair and Burns are players I've had hope for in the past so will continue to as a Seahawks homer. But the likelihood of any of these young men turning out to be even a serviceable starter are surely very low. I think of the career arc of Doug Baldwin or Steve Largent and always assume that there is an NFL roster full of great players who went undrafted or were later round discarded players and "this guy might be one of them." But so may be the guy I never heard of who we pick up on waivers or trade for a bag of footballs.
This is for you, Chuck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahha3Cqe_fk
Haha I was NOT expecting Katy Perry!
I really like the video and it seemed in sync with your beautiful post 😊
I have two questions to pose to the wisdom assembled here. (1) Olu. Is he demonstrating why other teams didn't draft him ahead of us? I mean, he's an Outland/Remington-winner. The guy can play [college] center. Or is the position slow to mature? Or is he simply the wrong player in the new system and would benefit from a different blocking scheme? (2) I appreciate the odds posted below. What I don't understand, because I never played the game and know nothing, is why practice squads DON'T produce more NFL players. Is it the case that measurable traits have been refined to the point that the league really knows to a high degree of certainty who can play and there's no overcoming that? Or is it the case that practice squad players simply aren't coached up, that there's a structural issue with the way coaching is handled at the NFL level that precludes all but a very few players actually becoming NFL-ready at their positions. It seems...wrong...improbable?...to me that somebody who's in the top .04 percent of high school football players, who has risen all the way to an NFL practice squad, can't be taught through whatever deficiencies they have, can't be coached into service. (This ties into my concern that the first teams get all the reps during the season, which doesn't serve the second team at all when they're called upon, and makes me wonder if the NFLPA has been too smart by half in restricting practice time.) If none of that's clearly said I'll stop by much later to clean up my mess. Thanks, all.
I loved watching Olu Olu at MICH. He transferred there for his senior year, learned a new system, and excelled. He is a smart guy, for sure. The knock on him in terms of the draft was his pass pro, but he excelled in the run game. In his limited snaps last season I thought he did well. But he is not Grubb's guy, so ?? I think he still has the ceiling of a starting C in the NFL. That said, there are not many rookies who step in year 1 and start... those guys are typically drafted rd 1 or 2. I would not bet against him starting for the Seahawks this year if the injury bug bites, or winning the starting job next year.
It's impossible to know for sure what's in the coaches minds re: Olu, but I can only assume they have determined he's not ready to excel at the position, yet. It could be a 'fit' to scheme issue, or just that he doesn't excel at pulling, which Grubb asks a lot of inside lineman. Mind, Bradford isn't the best at that either. My take on Olu is he's better in pass pro than run blocking, and I think he graded out that way last year as well, in somewhat limited snaps. Williams is only on a 1 year deal, and if he plays back to his prior standard, will get well paid next year.......and perhaps not by JS. Olu's time may yet come.
Re: PS guys so rarely making it big time in the league, I think it's just a case of the evaluation time coaches get before you actually make it to the PS. For most players, coaches have watched you in practices, joint practices, and preseason games for weeks. In some cases, multiple seasons of this. If you have a capable coaching staff, they should know what the player is, and isn't after all that time. With that much time to evaluate, few players SHOULD end up becoming stars. And they don't.
Ethan Pocic is with you on Olu. He’ll be great with his next team.
I'm a big believer that by 14, our kids need to have had a 'job', even if it's a neighbor hiring them to mow. Something other than an 'allowance'. They need to see how to get by in "the real world". It may be Olu excelled in college but has had a big shock adjusting to the demands that now you are truly on your own. Make Your Way. No doubt Seahawk Staff have this well in hand.
Congratulations to Jamie Sheriff and Jon Rhattigan for making The 23 !
Hopefully they get paid enough to help their familes.
I recognized every practice squad player. Sometimes merely name recognition, but in many cases I know some of the back story and football qualities. Now, I know I have passed on from being a "fan" to a "fanatic". We have a real powerhouse practice squad that I am afraid will get picked over a bit in the coming year. This practice squad has players I would not worry about starting a game or three. Burns, Okada, O'Connell, Winston, Holani, and the reader may have their own to add. Like I said, a powerhouse practice squad.
Jack Westover can come back earlier if he was released with an injury settlement. He doesn't have to be gone for the year.
Baltimore has always tried to keep their players from the draft in house. So much of what Harbaugh and Decostas leaned toward (Newsome before that) was home grown talent. I see some of that with the final 53 and the PS here. As far as Barret goes Mac sees him as a part of a potential longterm build at LB. He's young but must have the right tools and instincts for the "Big Mac" attack. I also see Seattle keeping many of the good performers at WR, RB, and the secondary. Most of the players are affiliated with Seattle from last year or the past. Tyreke Smith should be signed today after his physical leaving one slot for QB.
Schneider made an interesting comment on Seattle keeping so many OL guys on the 53,
"Schneider said having more linemen on the team just reflects a trend in the league with quality offensive linemen in such high demand.
"We thought about 12, and that's just the landscape of what the National Football League looks like, not just the National Football League, it's college football," he said. "It's not a position of great depth, and you need a whole group of guys working as one, so you need to continue to keep trying to figure it out; I think there are several teams that kept 11, maybe 12."
I think there is more of an emphasis on the OL than under past Seahawk teams. This seems to speak to both Schneider in charge and Mac as head coach. Again this is some of the approach Baltimore has used for awhile.
Having Blair and Smith back on the team along with Reed speaks to that homegrown approach.
It all gets real on the 8th of Sept.
Seattle still thinks they can salvage part of the season with Arbraham and it sound like Nwosu could be back under the 4 week IR, hence the decision, both points of hope. I think Mike Jerrel and next years draft is the preperation for life after Lucas if need be.
One quick note, Mone another former Seahawks Michigan guy signed with the UFL yesterday. With Hankins as the only true nose early down guy, it might be worth a watch in the future to see if he really is healthy and has anything left in the tank.
Yep. Our focus on Big Trench Men is a departure from Pete's ways. Now comes how to pay them and maintain talent everywhere else. My bet is we discern who's who and keep 9-10 next year. It's a hard argument to deny a proven veteran more than $10 million when your QB's are getting 5 times as much. These guys are in hour-long boxing matches every 4 to 6 days. Makes for Hard Men.
KJ you, sir - were RIGHT about getting Michael Barrett to the practice squad - Kenstradamus indeed, so what will the Seahawks record be in 2027?
Thanks for the continuing updates-