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Huard: 2 likely cap casualties Seahawks should keep an eye on
Whereas a lot of the offseason focus has been on pending free brokers and top-end draft prospects, there’s one other group of gamers who may have a big effect on the offseason for the Seahawks and the opposite 31 NFL groups.
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These gamers are ones who could also be launched from their remaining contracts as “cap casualties.” Yearly we see a lot of strong and veteran gamers get launched and hit the open market, and this offseason ought to be no exception.
When trying throughout the league at potential cap casualties who the Seahawks may use on their roster, former NFL quarterback Brock Huard pointed to 2 gamers – one on both sides of the ball – that he thinks we ought to be maintaining a tally of.
“In order you sort of look to place your crew collectively and assume, ‘OK, the place can I get a starter? The place can I get a distinction maker?’ it may be perhaps a bit of tougher within the inside offensive line,” Huard stated through the Blue 88 phase of Thursday’s Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports activities. “… Andrus Peat, massive boy, highly effective man.”
Peat, 29, was an All-American offensive sort out at Stanford earlier than changing into the No. 13 general choose by the New Orleans Saints in 2015. Whereas he was an offensive sort out in faculty, Peat has been a guard within the NFL, which is probably going an space of want for the Seahawks as Phil Haynes is a free agent and fellow proper guard Gabe Jackson could also be a cap casualty for Seattle.
As issues at the moment stand, the Saints are $55 million over the cap, in line with OverTheCap.com, whereas Peat has two years remaining on his contract.
“Been on top-of-the-line offensive traces within the recreation in New Orleans,” Huard stated. “New Orleans – cap purgatory. Going to have to chop guys. He greater than possible will likely be a cap casualty. He’s a bit of bit banged up now, a bit of like Gabe Jackson … However that’s an enormous, highly effective inside man that I’m gonna control from a cap casualty standpoint.”
On protection, Huard thinks the Seahawks may add a former UW Huskies linebacker if he’s lower by his present crew, which can be within the NFC South.
“The man’s acquired West Coast background and has been a playmaker and has nonetheless been a playmaker and that’s Shaq Thompson, linebacker for Carolina,” Huard stated.
Thompson, 28, was an All-American at Washington earlier than the Panthers took him within the first spherical in 2015.
Inside linebacker is an space of want for the Seahawks and their 3-4 protection as Jordyn Brooks tore his ACL late within the season and fellow starter Cody Barton is a pending free agent.
Thompson is getting into the ultimate yr of his contract and whereas he’d have a useless cap hit of over $11 million, there’d even be a cap financial savings of over $13 million, per Spotrac. The Panthers even have a model new teaching employees coming in.
“He performed on an excellent protection (and he’s) tremendous explosive. Is he what he was when he was 23 athletically? No … However is he nonetheless a difference-maker at that second degree? Is he a man whose cap quantity goes to develop to the purpose they’re going to must most likely lower him or restructure him? I’d control Shaq Thompson if I’m a Seahawks fan,” Huard stated.
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