Seahawks must separate themselves from defensive attacks Jarran Reed, as ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter reports (via Twitter) It looks like Reed himself broke the news in a deleted tweet.
For Schefter, Seattle is looking for a business partner, but will free the 28-year-old businessman if he fails to close a deal. Ian Rapoport of NFL.com is hearing the same thing, and RapSheet adds that Reed was looking for a long-term deal, while the Seahawks hoped he would convert part of his 2020 salary into a subscription bonus in order to reduce its limit of $ 13.5 million number (Twitter link) Although these types of restructuring are common and generally not difficult to perform, as they guarantee the player previously unsecured money, Rapoport says the situation went to a “bad point” when Seattle did not agree to an extension.
Moving on from Reed will create a $ 8.5 million cap, although it will seal the club with $ 5 million. Clearly, however, Seattle values the limit economy more than the second round of 2016 at this point.
Reed had a big campaign in 2018, accumulating 50 tackles and 10.5 sacks. But he was suspended for the first six games of the 2019 season after violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, and got just 2.5 bags that year. His sack total increased to 6.5 last season, and he played a full list of 16 games, but Pro Football Focus was not high on his job. PFF ranked him as the 89th best domestic defender out of 125 qualifiers, and he did not receive high marks for both his running defense and his fast-passing skills.
The Seahawks signed Kerry Hyder several days ago and brought back Benson Mayowa, but Reed’s departure will still leave an empty quick pass (despite his low PFF score). Commercial Acquisition 2020 Carlos Dunlap it’s still on the market after being released by Seattle several weeks ago, so maybe the ‘Hawks will come back to it. They can also ask for the first round of 2019 LJ Collier to deal with more DT snapshots with Reed out of the picture.
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