The Seahawks are expected to step away from the defense Follow Reed, as reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (via Twitter). It appears Reed himself broke the news in a deleted tweet since then.
According to Schefter, Seattle is looking for a business partner, but will release the 28-year-old if he fails to reach an agreement. 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 to turn part of their 2020 salary into a signing bonus to lower their 13.5MM limit. dollars. number (Twitter link). While these types of restructurings are common and generally not difficult to execute, as they guarantee the player money without collateral previously, Rapoport says the situation went to a “bad point” when Seattle would not be according to an extension.
If it goes beyond Reed, it will create $ 8.5 million of space for the cover, although it will allow the club to be placed with a $ 5 million deadly limit. Clearly, though, Seattle values saving the limit more than the second round of 2016 right now.
Reed ran a breakout campaign in 2018, amassing 50 aircraft 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 scored just 2.5 sacks that year. His sack total rose to 6.5 last season and he played a full 16-game board, but Pro Football Focus didn’t do his job. PFF ranked him as the 89th best inside defender out of 125 ranked, and did not receive high marks either for his defense in the race or for his passing skills.
The Seahawks signed Kerry Hyder several days ago and returned Benson Mayowa, but Reed’s departure will still leave the pass empty (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 be back to it. They could also request the first round of 2019 LJ necklace to manage more snapshots in DT with Reed out of the picture.
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