Duane Brown wants a new deal and he’s getting tired of waiting. The offensive tackle says he won’t practice until he has an extension in hand (Twitter link via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com). 
Brown, like star safety Jamal Adams, has one year to go on his current contract. The star tackle is set to make $10MM this season – a bargain considering his performance. His $11.5MM-per-year average ranks 16th among left tackles. Meanwhile, Pro Football Focus tabbed him as the league’s fifth-best tackle last season. In the interest of equal time — none of the tackles ahead of Brown on the salary list are older than him.
Although Brown will turn 36 on August 30th, head coach Pete Carroll has said that he’s open to keeping him beyond 2021.
“He’s a big part of what we’re doing and we’re counting on him being with us. We’ll look down the road together and we’ll see what’s the right thing to do,’’ Carroll said earlier this summer. “… We would love for him to be with us. If he wants to keep playing, we want him to keep playing.”
The Seahawks gave up a first-round pick to acquire Brown from the Texans in 2017. Ever since, PFF has slotted Brown as a top-25 tackle in each of his four Seahawks slates. He also added a Pro Bowl nod, giving him four for his career.
Stop signing long term contracts. Go year to year to renegotiate every year
Contract negotiations after each down is the way to go 🙂
Skip the whole season bro
36 and he’s expecting a long lucrative deal?
Exactly. One year deal or MOVE ON
Brown’s unhappy with his contract AGAIN? He couldn’t stop singing the praises of Seattle when he got traded after his last holdout. Do you, Duane…
Give him a three year extension with a void year on top of it to bring his cap hit way down. He gets a longer term deal, you get cap reduction. Win win.
Duane Brown Skipping Seahawks Practice
Well maybe if it was to go to the Fat Farm
Sounds like Pete Carroll wants to keep Brown around for awhile so they can celebrate Wilson getting 500 career sacks together.
Wilson got sacked 52 times last year (worst in the league).
Mr Ed can’t bring a good QB to Denver.
One obvious statement to another.
Are they willing to take less when they’re injured or play poorly? I just don’t understand this mentality where they think they deserve more than the contracted salary that they happily signed up for. If they are able to hold out and “renegotiate” their deals – shouldn’t the owners have the same right?
Well its a little different when its the LAST year of a guy’s deal…because yes, if he plays very poorly he will “take less”. He’ll get cut with minimal dead money.
People just parrot this nonsense regardless of the situation. Think for yourself. After this year he has no contract, right? The team values him enough that they are happy to pay him $10M this year, right? If so, then why *wouldn’t* they want him back next year?
Does calling it “an extension” instead of a “new deal” sound better?