Re-signed Wagner this morning as noted by Chilli in another thread (https://packers.timesfour.com/p...y=449833773820684523).
Kam Chancellor still holding out.
Now this.
@RapSheet: Fallout: #Seahawks released starting DT Tony McDaniel today, source said. Salary cap reasons after their extensions.
Golly.
Seahawks canโt pay many (any) more guys
Posted by Mike Florio on August 3, 2015, 8:27 AM EDT
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Agent Russell Okung has his work cut out for him, if his goal is to keep his client in Seattle.
Peter King of TheMMQB.com has a sobering stat for the week, relating to the Seahawks. He shows that the franchise has nearly $100 million per year tied up in only 10 guys. That leaves roughly $50 million (in 2015) for paying the other 43 guys on the 53-man roster, along with all the other extra players who need to be signed as members of the active roster land on injured reserve.
Five of those players now have eight-figure annual averages, up from three only three days ago. Quarterback Russell Wilsonโs average burden increased by an order of magnitude (nerd), from $1.542 million to $17.82 million. Cornerback Richard Sherman remains at $14 million per year, running back Marshawn Lynch moves to $10.8 million for 2015, linebacker Bobby Wagner has increased to $10.75 million (another order-of-magnitude move), and safety Earl Thomas remains at $10 million even.
Behind them are tight end Jimmy Graham ($9 million), defensive end Cliff Avril ($7.13 million), defensive end Michael Bennett ($7.13 million), safety Kam Chancellor ($7 million), and linebacker K.J. Wright ($6.75 million).
Bennett skipped much of the offseason program in an effort to get more money, and Chancellor was a surprise holdout for the start of training camp. Three days in, the holdout continues.
And thatโs where team goals and individual needs conflict. Players always should go for every last dollar during careers of limited duration, even if the pursuit of every last dollar could land the player (or some of his teammates, like Tony McDaniel) elsewhere.
โYouโve only got so much [cap room],โ Sherman said Sunday, via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. โIf it was like baseball weโd have quite a team.โ
You can't get your hand out of the cookie jar unless you let some of the cookies go.
That's awesome Doc
I'll believe it when I see it. He's going to blow up that locker room.
Any difference in your blocking this year? "Yeah," Jimmy Graham said. "I'm blocking." pic.twitter.com/ofJz13wwgf
โ Danny O'Neil (@dannyoneil) August 3, 2015
So last night I'm sitting on a Southwest flight from Seattle to Oakland. Generally miserable because Southwest is a pretty ****ty experience UNLESS you are flying them to Vegas or Palm Springs or someplace Sunny that doesn't involve business...
Out of sheer boredom I decided to see what was playing on the Wifi live TV feed.
Deadliest Catch. Hadn't really watched in a while but it was the best bad option. I tune in mid episode and it's instantly apparent I've stumbled onto the show where all the crab boats are scurrying to find a way to listen, watch, pirate any feed possible for the Super Bowl. Seattle - Pats Super Bowl. And because 90% of these boats port in Seattle I knew exactly how this is going to end.
What's not in this video is one crab boat finding out another boat has a live TV feed. So the crew basically drops anchor, get's into survival gear, climb into a 12 foot skiff on the Bearing Sea in 15 foot swells, and motor over to the other boat 4 at a time.
Only a GB Super Bowl win is taking the sting of last year away. But I have to be honest, this was pretty awesome.
Why did they throw it?
Idots!
Seattle's best player. Recovering from torn labrum.
@AdamSchefter: Seahawks safety Earl Thomas officially passed his physical today, per @FieldYates. "I'd be shocked if he doesn't play week 1," per source.
Why did they throw it?
Idots!
Just got back from a week of sailing, snorkeling, and fishing in the FL Keys with my older two sons and a friend with his two boys. Our Capt (Maggie) is a 'Hawks fan. The look she gave me on day 1 when I got on the boat with a Packers hat on was priceless.
Glad you made it back,
Just got back from a week of sailing, snorkeling, and fishing in the FL Keys with my older two sons and a friend with his two boys. Our Capt (Maggie) is a 'Hawks fan. The look she gave me on day 1 when I got on the boat with a Packers hat on was priceless.
Its nice to be the paying customer, it kinda limits the blowback.
My guess is Capt. Maggie is a rather recent fan. She'll be onto another team soon enough...
Here's Andrew Brandt with his insight on the Wilson deal: he predicts lots of restructuring in the future
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/0...wks-new-contract-nfl
Super Bowl joke featuring Lynch on "The League" season premier pic.twitter.com/OnKcgVKk2L
โ uSTADIUM (@uSTADIUM) August 8, 2015
Tsk tsk such a shame.
@AdamSchefter: Seahawks' S Kam Chancellor is prepared to extend his holdout into the regular season, according to source; not close to budging today.
He's gotta put food on the table.
Phhht. I knew he was crazy when I heard about that sex thing.
No, Russell Wilson. No http://t.co/wFDNMb0mqE pic.twitter.com/I22N9GxYdD
โ pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 26, 2015
Is it legal to make claims like that? He's a part owner of the company so pretty sure the FDA has rules about this kind of stuff.
I always thought Wilson was a good guy but I was wrong; this guy is an uneducated idiot. This might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard an athlete say, that a $3 bottle of water cured his concussion and his teammate's knee.
Those kinds of statements make me wonder how severe Wilson's concussion actually was.
Earlier today Russ mentioned Recovery Water will soon be available on Amazon.
Does Jordy have a Prime membership?..... What?
Lets be honest. What's better than throwing a season ending pick in the Super Bowl knowing you have Recovery Water?
And if you're Gatorade, how fast do you throw a contract at Malcom Butler?
This might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard an athlete say, that a $3 bottle of water cured his concussion and his teammate's knee.
It wasn't an athlete who said it but I once had a lady tell me that goat cheese bought dead people back to life. Yes she actually said that.
Recovery water only works if you really truly believe it will work
Wow.
And you would have thought he could have parsed those millions to the other FAs that the seahags will lose.
Always has been and always will be a market for snake oil. Russell Wilson is increasingly coming across as a bit of a kook.
Apparently you forgot that legend involving water and wine. St Russell is here.
It's just irresponsible for Wilson to be pitching Recovery Water as a cure for concussions. People listen to him because of who he is, especially kids, and the last thing you want is for people out there to believe this works. I'm all for personal responsibility but there are a lot of dumb people in this world. It's sad that Wilson is using his status to take advantage of people's stupidity just to make a few extra bucks.
"It's just irresponsible for Wilson to be pitching Recovery Water as a cure for concussions."
You can't prove it DIDN'T work.
Ha-Logic, mofo's!!
Seriously, it is this bad. The problem is not that most people don't have a grasp of scientific method. That's always been the case. It's that they think they ARE employing scientific rigor and rational criticism.
It's science b****es. Don't be a hater just because RW is smarter than the rest.
RESULTS: RSB consumption led to a 5% (P=.06) increase in VO 2 max in highly fit subjects and a trend towards a decreased RPE in lesser - trained subjects. In addition, RSB prevented or attenuated the exercise - induced increase in plasma myoglobin (-5.3ยฑ13.8ng/mL in RSB group vs. 73.2 ยฑ14.4 ng/mL in PW group at 60 minutes, P=.001), CPK(74.8 ยฑ 31.9 (RSB)vs. 202.0 ยฑ 68.1 (PW)units/Liter at 24 hours, P=.04), interferon -ฮฑ(2.6ยฑ1.8(RSB) vs. 19.6ยฑ5.7(PW)pg/mL at 24 hours,P=.02), epithelial neutrophil activating protein 78(93.1ยฑ58.2(RSB) vs. 525.5ยฑ134.4(PW)pg/mLat 24 hours,P=.02), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor(25.8ยฑ10.7(RSB) vs.318.5ยฑ91.0(PW)pg/mL at 24 hours, P=.034).
CONCLUSION: These results indicate that daily consumption of RSB prior to strenuous exercise may improve performance and enhance training adaptation.
Just ignore that word MAY in the last sentence.
2 adages apply here,
Let the buyer beware and there is a sucker born every minute.
I suppose athletes would be more susceptible to believing in this junk given the constant effort to find an edge, taking supplements, etc, because they are told these things can help them, to the degree that some pros get caught when the products contain banned substances that the players may or may not be aware of. So I don't know which is scarier, Wilson shilling this crap or the possibility that he might actually believe it.
I kinda sorta wanted to like russell after he left the UW and got drafted.
But that's been kinda hard and after reading the RS article I'm done. He's all into his brand, a shill and a loon who hears voices. good luck seattle.
