Seattle Leaning Towards Matching Hutchinson Offer

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It now looks like the Seahawks are leaning towards matching the offer sheet that Steve Hutchinson signed with the Vikings. The team has until Monday to make its decision, but if it were made today, it would be match!

 

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By Adam Schefter ~ NFL Network

 

Woah!

 

I am wondering about the verbiage about being the highest paid OL on the team... wonder if the legal team found flaws and/or a loophole in it...

[football_scooter 0]

Seattle has to do it. They're stuck. Kinda sad to watch. Could be a boat anchor.

 

Good for Hutchinson though. Played his arse off and now he's going to get paid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander dyanasty owners must be sweating bullets...still not a bad problem to have.

[Timinator 0]

I am wondering about the verbiage about being the highest paid OL on the team... wonder if the legal team found flaws and/or a loophole in it...

 

All it says is that if Hutch ain't the top-paid OL on his team, the contract becomes guaranteed. Paul Allen can afford to guarantee the contract so the Seahawks will.

 

That means Seattle can match without having to make Hutch their top-paid OL. Mr. Hutchinson just hit the lottery without having to learn a new playbook!

[Vikings4ever 568]

All it says is that if Hutch ain't the top-paid OL on his team, the contract becomes guaranteed. Paul Allen can afford to guarantee the contract so the Seahawks will.

 

That means Seattle can match without having to make Hutch their top-paid OL. Mr. Hutchinson just hit the lottery without having to learn a new playbook!

Obviously cash wise the Seahawks can afford it, but cap wise I have to wonder. 50 million guarenteed is huge, and if he happens to crap out or suffer a huge injury, that is one hell of a cap hit.

[Guest stevejohnson]

Great news for Alexander, bad news for Chester Taylor! I still think the Seahawks may experence that post Super Bowl funk that most teams that lose the big game go through during their second season though....

[murf74 461]

Seahawks have to be pretty far against the cap right now after signing their DT. Wonder how they will pull this off to stay under the cap. I thought the vikes were going to make it impossible for Seattle to match?

 

Adam from NFL Network I noticed likes to talk like he knows for sure about things. That is just his cocky personallity. I found him to speculate waaaay too much and report it as truth.

[Vikings4ever 568]

Seahawks have to be pretty far against the cap right now after signing their DT. Wonder how they will pull this off to stay under the cap. I thought the vikes were going to make it impossible for Seattle to match?

 

Adam from NFL Network I noticed likes to talk like he knows for sure about things. That is just his cocky personallity. I found him to speculate waaaay too much and report it as truth.

 

If Seattle has to abide by the clause, it'd be pretty damn hard for them to match, as who is worth 50 million in guarenteed money?

 

What has to be determined is if Seattle only has to match the salary and guarenteed money of the offer sheet, or if they have to abide by the entire offer sheet.

[murf74 461]

If you don't have to abide by the entire contract, what is the use of even having a "matching" rule if it is not truely that.

[Vikings4ever 568]

If you don't have to abide by the entire contract, what is the use of even having a "matching" rule if it is not truely that.

Well, they do have to match his salary and guarenteed money, which is usually the only part of contracts the public ever hears about.

[Wuerffel for MVP 0]

Well, they do have to match his salary and guarenteed money, which is usually the only part of contracts the public ever hears about.

 

I'm pretty sure they have to match ALL of the stipulations. Remember the debacle that was the Coles RFA situation a few years ago. The Jets thought they could match, but then it turned out they couldn't match the fine print.

 

$49 million dollars, the highest signing bonus to ever be paid to an NFL player, will be given to an interior offensive lineman.

 

Classic.

[t.j 35]

Seahawks have to be pretty far against the cap right now after signing their DT.

 

I don't think so. They had a ton of cap room, like $20M. The Vikings are one of few teams who had more.

[DrJ 0]

I wonder if having $50 million in guaranteed money would cause a player to lose any motivation. I mean, he could theoretically sit on his couch and eat donuts all offseason, and he still gets the $50 million, right?

[uubeee 0]

I wonder if having $50 million in guaranteed money would cause a player to lose any motivation. I mean, he could theoretically sit on his couch and eat donuts all offseason, and he still gets the $50 million, right?

 

 

My goal in life.....

[t.j 35]

I wonder if having $50 million in guaranteed money would cause a player to lose any motivation. I mean, he could theoretically sit on his couch and eat donuts all offseason, and he still gets the $50 million, right?

 

In general I think that is a huge concern for the NFL. Expect more teams to try to pull this trick that the Vikings did, and it is total BS that the league should not allow. The fact that the Vikings don't have an OL better than Hutchinson shouldn't have anything to do with how much it costs Seattle to match. The reality here is that Seattle has to pay Hutchinson a completely different structure than Minnesota would in order to match the offer. That makes no sense whatsoever and I think the league will look to change the rules on this.

 

But to get back to the subject at hand, I wouldn't worry about it with Hutchinson. The guy is a fierce competitor who can smell a championship. The only reason I could see it being a problem for him is if he badly wanted out of Seattle and decides he's not so interested in fighting for them after they match.