Duane Brown‘s hold-in effort has now long surpassed Jamal Adams‘, with the Seahawks left tackle having observed the team’s practices for nearly a month. The team is looking into a compromise.
The Seahawks are now looking into adjusting Brown’s 2021 compensation, Mike Garafolo of NFL.com notes (video link). They are not believed to be eyeing a new contract for Brown — at least, not at this point — but are now aiming to find a creative solution to meet the soon-to-be 36-year-old blocker in the middle. Brown’s deal expires at season’s end; he has long sought an extension at a higher rate, skipping minicamp and training camp in order to land one.
Given Brown’s history, expecting him to back down after the team adjusts some of the Pro Bowl- or participation-based incentives already included in his deal might be optimistic. The accomplished tackle held out well into the 2017 season, when the Texans traded him to the Seahawks, and he has the support of Russell Wilson this time around.
Seattle also did not blink in its most recent staredown, which ended with Adams signing after the team threatened to withdraw its offer. The Seahawks would prefer to have Brown play out his contract year, in order to see how much he has left in his 14th season, before reassessing the situation in 2022. With the tackle market having changed substantially since Brown signed his three-year, $34.5MM extension in 2018, the veteran understandably wants to cash in without going through another prove-it year.
Seattle might as well pay him. Their window is closing pretty fast. Their formula of handing out huge extensions and trading away draft picks is going to catch up to them eventually. Also, Pete Carroll isn’t going to coach forever.
Go ahead and think that but you’re wrong. As long as they have Wilson, they will be contending. If you think they really were going to move RW, I don’t know what to say
I won’t pretend to know what happened with Russell Wilson this past offseason. But I will say this. At the time of his alleged trade demand, his contract was a huge obstacle to moving him. After this season, it is less so. After next season, it isn’t much of an obstacle at all. So depending on how serious Russ is about getting out of town, the window may only be two seasons, which is maybe all it would take to make Duane Brown happy.
Wilson never asked to be traded. He wanted improved o line. You are totally correct about his trade ability . Hawks did not restructure his contract, which they could have without Wilson consent. Restructure only kicks cap problems to next season. Also makes trading him next year more cap friendly.
I see Russ playing out his contract , but that is just my opinion…
You can’t restructure a players deal without their consent lol where did you hear this nonsense? The player has to AGREE to the terms
Not true, teams sometimes add a part to contracts saying they can restructure a % of the players salary and convert it to bonus without the players consent. Seahawks are known to do this with the bigger names (Wagner, Russ and I believe Lockett’s new contract has this)
Pay him what? You just said handing out extensions is gonna catch up with them. What does brown want? You really think at 36, knees so bad he can’t really practice is gonna miss 700,000 a GAME paychecks. Hawks talking to him about giving him more this year and see how it looks for a then 37 yr old tackle looks going forward. Hawks not blinking on extension. I do think they will sweeten pot this year. They want him to practice now, till opener. Worst case he plays with no real practice. He has been doing walk through s, and working out. So he is learning new offense. He will be there for game one…
It would be a shame if Brown wasn’t on the field to help Wilson celebrate getting sacked for the 500th time.
I like brown and hope he plays out his contract. But I’m not up to giving a wap load of money to a large bodied o lineman at 37 next year.