Seahawks give Sherman new deal
 

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POSTED BY: Richard Sherman in Blog

I am blessed to announce that the Seattle Seahawks and I have reached an agreement on a contract extension. The goal has always been to stay in Seattle and continue to play for the Seahawks. With this chapter closed, I can continue to focus on what is important – defending our Super Bowl Championship and being the best cornerback in the NFL.

This is a great moment for my family, foundations and the people who supported me to this point. Hard work and execution got me to this moment, the Seattle Seahawks have backed up that respect with this contract. The terms of my deal are 4 years for a total of $57.4M with $40M guaranteed. There is no other city or team that I would want to play football for.

Greatness is realized from countless hours of work, studying, practice, sacrifice and courage. This is just the beginning and I will continue to set the bar higher and higher on and off the field.

Much appreciation to the Seattle Seahawks franchise, the coaches, teammates, friends, the fans, my family and the 12s. The support does not go unnoticed and I carry that into each snap. From Compton to Stanford, 5th round draft pick to winning the Super Bowl – dare to be great.

You get out what you put in!

:holdman::holdman::rockon::rockon:PBJPBJPBJ

Got Paid $$$$$

Damn

Seahawks give Sherman new deal
 

Wonder what the numbers look like..

EDIT: Never mind. Guess I should pay attention next time..

That's $97 million dollars for Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman.

You have to imagine Chancellor will be the odd man out in that secondary. I don't know much about their cap situation but he's probably worth about the same as Whitner. $30+ mill for 3 guys in the secondary is a steep price..

Shoulda cut them. All you need is a great pass rush.

Yeah. It's hard to imagine that they're going to pay 3 guys in the secondary big coin.

Chancellor got his new deal last year.


They still have to sign Wilson though.

YOU CAN'T TIE UP THAT MUCH MONEY IN THE DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD

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Richard Sherman - 4 years $54 million
Earl Thomas - 4 years, $40 million
Kam Chancellor - 5 years, $35 million

Would it be wrong if i deleted my post?

lol

They can get away with this because their QB makes no money, they can move on from Marshawn Lynch with RB's being a dime a dozen.

Other than Percy Harvin and these secondary deals who on that team makes a lot of money?

That's also really smart to structure all of them to where they'll get their best years then walk away.

This.

It will be interesting to see what Carroll does with Wilson when his rookie deal is up. Do they franchise him while they look for his replacement? Or do they let him test FA and see what he commands.

They'll franchise him. That's assuming, of course, that Wilson doesn't light it up next year only to decide that his third round rookie deal just isn't cutting it anymore and holds out for a more appropriate deal.

While he's a good player, you could argue if he wants a huge deal they'd be smart to walk away. With that team a ton of QB's could win, they've won with him doing nothing in a lot of games.

Joe Flacco's stats the year he won the SB and then signed his new deal:

Completion% - 59.7
Yards - 3817
TDs - 22
INTs- 10
Rating - 87.7

Russell Wilson's stats the year he won the SB:

Completion% - 63.1
Yards - 3357
TDs - 26
INTs - 9
Rating - 101.2

Good for Sherman. Guy is straight legit.

Problem is they are going to have to pay a bunch of other guys or let them walk.

Paying a CB like a QB

Jesus.

Not very smart IMO.

They've got a year or two they can pay the stars and fill in with young role players elsewhere. If it works they can compete for SB for a couple more years before it crashes and they have to gut and regroup. If I'm their situation, and Denver is very similar just a different mix of stars, I do the very same thing.

14.3 million a year....wow

Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.


This here makes the most sense. They've just got a bunch of guys that get the job done. Bout that action, boss.

I want to say, prior to ET and RS getting these deals, Harvin was the only guy on their team making over $10 a year..? Someone will have to verify but I think I'm right.

Joel Corry ‏@corryjoel 5m

Richard Sherman's '14 cap number is $3.631M. It's $12.2M in 15. His '16, '17 & '18 cap numbers are $14.769M, $13.631M & $13.2M.

People underestimate just how much Wilson does when the pressure is on.

He's not putting up big numbers, but he makes plays when plays need to be made, and that is what separates SB winning QBs from SB watching QBs.

Replacing that is far more dificult than you think it is.

This.

Thank you, milkman. You get it. You just get it.

I'm so tired of arguing with mother****ers on this board about how good Wilson actually is..

Interesting. Without seeing the bonuses and guarantees broken down, that looks like a short-term deal. Free up cap space now and make him expendable after year 3.

Hit on your draft picks and life becomes easier.

Well, they have their secondary set for the foreseeable future. They could bring in pretty much anyone behind those guys and they'll be fine for the next 4-5 years.

40 million guaranteed for a CB? Richard Sherman is good, but god damn.

Jason_OTC ‏@Jason_OTC 3m

#seahawks should now have around $109M committed to the 2015 cap for 46 players. If cap hits 140M thats plenty of room to work with Wilson

compared to Flowers cap number...@ 7 million lower than Flowers this year and less than 1 million more than Flowers for '15
:banghead:

Yep, they are making their so called dynasty a short term deal.

The cap's now making the big money jumps. That's what will let Seattle cover these deals and still take care of Wilson.