It’s been nearly two weeks since the NFL’s free-agency period opened, and as it seems to be every year the bulk of the feeding frenzy happened in the first few days. So how have the Seattle Seahawks done?
This year’s free-agency period has seen Seattle part ways with a number of big names and replace them with some not-so-big names. Here’s the list of Seattle’s ins and outs so far in free agency, along with the teams they went to/came from and the value of the contract they signed according to Spotrac.com:
OUT
TE Jimmy Graham, Green Bay, 3 years, $30 million
CB Richard Sherman, San Francisco, 3 years, $27.1 million
WR Paul Richardson, Washington, 5 years, $40 million
DT Sheldon Richardson, Minnesota, 1 year, $8 million
CB DeShawn Shead, Detroit, 1 year, $3.35 million
TE Luke Willson, Detroit, 1 years, $2.5 million
T Matt Tobin, New England, 1 year, $815,000
IN
TE Ed Dickson, from Carolina, 3 years, $10.7 million
LB Barkevious Mingo, from Indianapolis, 2 years, $6.8 million
WR Jaron Brown, from Arizona, 2 years, $5.5 million
DT Tom Johnson, from Minnesota, 1 year, $2.1 million
S Maurice Alexander, from Los Angeles Rams, 1 year, $880,000
G D.J. Fluker, from New York Giants, 1 year, terms not known
DT Shamar Stephen, from Minnesota, 1 year, terms not known
RETAINED
S Bradley McDougald, 3 years, $13.5 million
DE Marcus Smith, 1 year, $2.7 million
RB Mike Davis, 1 year, terms not known
TENDERED
CB Justin Coleman, $2.9 million, second-round compensation
DE Dion Jordan, $1.9 million, first-round compensation
UNSIGNED
CB Jeremy Lane
G Luke Joeckel
RB Eddie Lacy
RB Thomas Rawls
LB Michael Wilhoite
K Blair Walsh
G Oday Aboushi
LB Terence Garvin
QB Austin Davis
DE Garrison Smith
CB Byron Maxwell
LB Dewey McDonald
LB Christian French
This list doesn’t include the trade of defensive end Michael Bennett to Philadelphia. There’s still plenty that can happen in free agency, with a few big names like defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh still available. And the Earl Thomas trade rumors refuse to die down. But the general picture provided by the concluded activity is that Seattle has filled the spots of outgoing players with cheaper options in an effort to finesse the salary cap, which the Seahawks were butting up against.
So what kind of grade do you give Seahawks general manager John Schneider for his work in free agency so far? Vote here:
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