So no tag by the Rams? He is a challenging person, by all accounts, but let him walk?
This will be interesting if they lose as you say but I don’t see their front office letting a player of that caliber go for nothing.
On a side note: I would love to hear what his agent is saying to him right now. Anyone else having visions of Jerry Macguire and his “help me help you” speech?
Another side note: I lived in Hawaii for years. Puka was a challenge to his grandma growing up. He was a challenge in high school as well. He had a hard time at UW and at BYU fitting in. He has some issues but I think he is a decent person who has never really had someone teach him what it means to be disciplined and focused on others. He is a selfish young man but most are at that age so I don’t fault him. I personally don’t want to play against him twice a year so please leave LA and go play for the Dolphins or something
The Rams can tag him. However, they're in a world of pain next year. Even if they make moves to have $100 million in cap space, practically the entire offense either needs to be re-signed or replaced. And much of the defense.
A WR tag next year is roughly $30 million. That's a huge percentage of cap to invest in a player who they really should have extended already. Or at least traded!
I didn’t know their cap situation. Sounds like this might be the last year that team will be threatening for awhile. Makes me wonder why Miles Garrett would go to a team with this type of runway for him. I guess the LA sun has its appeal
Possibly, Zabel’s greatest strength last year was his quick ability to recover when he made the wrong initial move. The coaches probably kept things relatively simple, and he was playing free from worry. I’m thinking that this year, he and his coaches have been working on better technique. It will pay off, but he’s probably thinking more, which slows him down, for now. Add a switch to RG, and he could become even more tentative.
The great news is that he now has Quinton Nelson as a mentor. That could help Zabel prioritize his changes. If he can focus on one or two things that up his game and ignore the eight or nine things that matter less, Zabel could get back to playing freely. That said, switching to the right side will simply need time for it to feel normal. I have no doubt that Zabel will return to form and get better from there.
All true things you say. He has some elite abilities. When he improves on his weaknesses, he'll be a very good player. Even so, something I wrote last year: It'll be very hard to pick up his fifth-year option, same thing that happened to Linderbaum. So the Seahawks will need some immediate value.
And, as you mentioned in the post, raw strength isn’t his natural advantage. He’s not Anthony Bradford. (When AB gets initial leverage, he’s a stream roller, but when he makes the wrong first move, he lacks the quickness to recover.)
It’s a bit odd to have the power guy (Nelson) at left guard, but it worked for Steve Hutchinson! Hopefully, Cross will return soon so the new OL can start establishing itself.
Back to RG.. Bradford might be better at the position today, but Zabel is the better investment. Having Josh Jones and AB as OL depth is a flex!
"Do you think it’d be a mistake for the Seahawks to treat Charbonnet that way?"
Oh, YES ! 'twould be a big mistake. Seahawks should have learned a bit from KW III 'n also remember the pickng up the 2 point ball, then handing it to the referee in a critical point. Some players are just loaded with that special touch that wins games. Do Not Let Him Go.
I agreed with choice to let K9 go ( it made sense to me ), if Charbs carries on being Charbs for the remainder of the season ( more stiff arms please :) )then pay the man.. he is all you want in a Seahawk
I just think they should have tagged him. Very simple and clean and they could have replaced a 33 year old Kupp on the cap with a 26 year old KW. At worst, Seattle doesn't fumble those balls this season.
So no tag by the Rams? He is a challenging person, by all accounts, but let him walk?
This will be interesting if they lose as you say but I don’t see their front office letting a player of that caliber go for nothing.
On a side note: I would love to hear what his agent is saying to him right now. Anyone else having visions of Jerry Macguire and his “help me help you” speech?
Another side note: I lived in Hawaii for years. Puka was a challenge to his grandma growing up. He was a challenge in high school as well. He had a hard time at UW and at BYU fitting in. He has some issues but I think he is a decent person who has never really had someone teach him what it means to be disciplined and focused on others. He is a selfish young man but most are at that age so I don’t fault him. I personally don’t want to play against him twice a year so please leave LA and go play for the Dolphins or something
The Rams can tag him. However, they're in a world of pain next year. Even if they make moves to have $100 million in cap space, practically the entire offense either needs to be re-signed or replaced. And much of the defense.
A WR tag next year is roughly $30 million. That's a huge percentage of cap to invest in a player who they really should have extended already. Or at least traded!
I didn’t know their cap situation. Sounds like this might be the last year that team will be threatening for awhile. Makes me wonder why Miles Garrett would go to a team with this type of runway for him. I guess the LA sun has its appeal
> Charbonnet will be 26 next year and he doesn’t have a lot of tread on his tires with 449 career rushing attempts
Don't you mean he *has* a lot of tread on his tires? My tires lack tread when they've been heavily used
Great catch!
Possibly, Zabel’s greatest strength last year was his quick ability to recover when he made the wrong initial move. The coaches probably kept things relatively simple, and he was playing free from worry. I’m thinking that this year, he and his coaches have been working on better technique. It will pay off, but he’s probably thinking more, which slows him down, for now. Add a switch to RG, and he could become even more tentative.
The great news is that he now has Quinton Nelson as a mentor. That could help Zabel prioritize his changes. If he can focus on one or two things that up his game and ignore the eight or nine things that matter less, Zabel could get back to playing freely. That said, switching to the right side will simply need time for it to feel normal. I have no doubt that Zabel will return to form and get better from there.
All true things you say. He has some elite abilities. When he improves on his weaknesses, he'll be a very good player. Even so, something I wrote last year: It'll be very hard to pick up his fifth-year option, same thing that happened to Linderbaum. So the Seahawks will need some immediate value.
Agreed.
And, as you mentioned in the post, raw strength isn’t his natural advantage. He’s not Anthony Bradford. (When AB gets initial leverage, he’s a stream roller, but when he makes the wrong first move, he lacks the quickness to recover.)
It’s a bit odd to have the power guy (Nelson) at left guard, but it worked for Steve Hutchinson! Hopefully, Cross will return soon so the new OL can start establishing itself.
Back to RG.. Bradford might be better at the position today, but Zabel is the better investment. Having Josh Jones and AB as OL depth is a flex!
How they put the puzzle pieces together in the offseason will be very telling.
"Do you think it’d be a mistake for the Seahawks to treat Charbonnet that way?"
Oh, YES ! 'twould be a big mistake. Seahawks should have learned a bit from KW III 'n also remember the pickng up the 2 point ball, then handing it to the referee in a critical point. Some players are just loaded with that special touch that wins games. Do Not Let Him Go.
That's true, he is a good luck Charb.
All I did was open the results list, and scroll through looking for the best joke names. Some crackers in there, good job team!!!
I agreed with choice to let K9 go ( it made sense to me ), if Charbs carries on being Charbs for the remainder of the season ( more stiff arms please :) )then pay the man.. he is all you want in a Seahawk
I just think they should have tagged him. Very simple and clean and they could have replaced a 33 year old Kupp on the cap with a 26 year old KW. At worst, Seattle doesn't fumble those balls this season.