The Seahawks’ pass-rushing plans are coming into focus. Shortly after they agreed to re-sign Benson Mayowa, the Seahawks agreed to terms with defensive end Kerry Hyder.
Hyder will join the Seahawks on a three-year, $16.5MM contract, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets, adding that the former Lions, Cowboys and 49ers D-end can make up to $17.5MM on this accord.
This deal marks a big pay bump for Hyder, who signed with the 49ers for one year and $1.5MM during the 2020 offseason. Despite the salary cap reduction, the 29-year-old pass rusher will cash in on a midlevel accord. Hyder is coming off an 8.5-sack season. He has two seasons of at least eight sacks, with the other coming back in 2016 with Detroit.
For a 49ers team that lost Nick Bosa and Dee Ford at the beginning of the season, the Hyder signing proved pivotal. The former UDFA led the team in sacks and recorded 18 QB hits and 10 tackles for loss. Hyder recorded just two sacks over the previous two seasons, however, and missed all of 2017.
This signing might impede Seattle from bringing back Carlos Dunlap, whom the team released earlier this month. However, it remains to be seen how Dunlap will fare on the market.
Great signing. Seahawks have gotten a budge pass rush between the 2 mentioned above.
I agree. As a niners fan it’s equally painful losing him as seeing him end up in seattle. Solid underrated player
Niners should target Kerrigan. He’s a more consistent player than Hyder anyway.
Yeah if you want consistent of 5.5 sacks and 22 tackles per year. RK has peaked and going downwards, Hyder has much better #’s and potential. That’s just a fact.
I love John Lynch, he has been a great GM. But that Dee Ford trade might be his worst move as niners GM. Cost them a 2nd round pick. Then led to them moving Buckner. Now they lose Hyder. And ford will probably be out all season long and was like the 3rd highest paid player on team before the restructure last week
Pretty much that entire 2017 draft class might have that trade beat, but both have been rough
Obviously aside from finding George Kittle in the 5th round
Yeah but i mean you are basically saying “aside from that All Pro future hall of famer they got their draft was a bust”
If you get an All pro in the 1st round and have 6 mediocre picks after that, would you still consider the draft a success? Personally i would, so it shouldnt matter if you get the all pro in the 5th round or in the 1st round.
Just for fun, lets rearrange their picks. So lets say it went like this:
1st – George Kittle
2nd – DJ Jones
3rd- Akello Witherspoon
4th – Solomon Thomas
5th – CJ Beathard
6th – Adrian Colbert
7th- Trent Taylor
7th- Rueben Foster
Now how does that draft look to you 4 years in the future? Its not great, but its pretty solid. I feel like thats how it has to be looked at as a whole. Not “well they should have taken this guy over that guy”
Also it should be mentioned that lynch got 3 picks to move back 1 spot. He used one of those picks to trade up for foster. Another pick to trade up for beathard. And then the 3rd pick was a 3rd rounder the next year which resulted in Fred Warner