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Man they pushed Cliff on the plan and said "Sign ***********r"
As for the rest of the Seahawks' $130M cap: I believe the Seahawks will commit to somewhere in the low $50M range (say $52M) to the defensive side of the ball this year.
They are currently at only $40M right now. With the way the free agent market is going - I predict a "John Abraham" type defensive end, (DK Note: Cliff Avril, y'all) a Defensive Tackle, and perhaps a nickel corner will be signed (modest money) in free agency. Once these chips have fallen, I will do a similar post to this which breaks down the salaries and cap hits on defense.
I also believe Ben Obomanu will be a cap casualty with a $2.3M net cap savings and a $167k dead money charge.
Some fans will get touchy with me thinking Matt Flynn gets traded or cut. No worries - for this exercise, just print the spreadsheet I've put together and add him back in at a figure of $7.25M (and deduct the $4.0M in dead money I included) for a net add of about $2.75M($3.25M net add less the $500k cap hit for a rookie backup).
Same goes for Paul McQuistan. If you believe that there is no way he gets cut, just add about $2.5M to the cap and you can keep him ($3.375M cap hit less $375k dead money charge less the $500k you would pay to his rookie replacement).
Walt staying on the field
Hsu said on his twitter the team is currently around 6mil under the cap prior to any more cuts being made to this point. Im not to familiar with how the money/cap works fully so idk if a Branch/Winfield/Picks deals can or cant fit but the FO has been great giving out deals these last few years so I got the utmost confidence in these guys.
The signing marks another need off the list. That really leaves starting defensive tackle, interior pass rusher and nickel corner. Schneider will not want to the enter the draft needing to find a starting defensive tackle, nor will he want to count on Clinton McDonald to ascend into that role. Richard Seymour continues to be available and is a guy that can stuff the run and disrupt versus the pass. Alan Branch could very well reprise his role at a modest price. Another guy that is worth keeping an eye on is 25-year-old DT Vance Walker. He was a disruptive rotational defensive tackle for the Falcons last season who is the right age and is not getting a bunch of attention. Getting him at the right price could be a coup.
Completely forgot about a guy like SeymourEven cornerback, a position I would never expect to see the Seahawks use free agency to fill, could see some action. A guy like Antoine Winfield is intriguing at the right price. Seattle will be in no rush to address that position with cash, as the trio of Byron Maxwell, Jeremy Lane and Walter Thurmond are strong and the draft will likely add another name to the mix. Still, a guy like Winfield is good enough and probably cheap enough to be worth a look.
Long story short, releasing Clemons would save the team as little as $2.3 million under the cap this season. That's relatively little to gain for parting with a team leader and a player who is arguably the best defensive lineman on the team when healthy.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/94148/cliff-avril-chris-clemons-and-the-future
These guys see the potential of playing on this Defense, 8 games in the CLink + still at a young age to cash on a bigger deal next contractSeahawks a destination franchise now... Brings tears to me eyes.
We just signed the best free agent available at a position of need on a 2 year "prove yourself" type deal that will still leave us perfect time to resign all our underpaid superstars. I've never been a fan of a team with management this good.
Also just love the identity and type of players we're building around. Never felt that way in the Holmgren era.