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Seattle’s Future At Center Could Be…

By Greg Haugsven

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Jan 28, 2014; Newark, NJ, USA; Seattle Seahawks center Max Unger (60) speaks to the media during Media Day for Super Bowl XLVIII at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY SportsHow about Max Unger? He only has two years left on his current contract in Nawlins. Maybe he goes down there and finishes out his contract, eats some jambalaya, collects some nice beads, then realizes its time to come home.

If there is one position on the roster for the Seattle Seahawks that is complete up in the air, it is at center. The Seahawks have no true starter on the roster, and no definitive plan for the future either.

If the Seahawks really do believe in Patrick Lewis, he could be a short term answer for the next two years. He has one year left on his current contract then he becomes a restricted free agent. The Seahawks could sign him to a tender for the 2016 season then look at signing back Unger in 2017.

Right now Max Unger is just twenty-eight years old which would put him at thirty at the end of his contract in New Orleans. He’ll be no spring chicken by then but he wont be over the hill either. Bringing him back in 2017 could be a possibility.

By then Britt would be entering his fourth year, Sweezy his sixth year and who knows about the left side (when you say left side you have to say it like Gary Bertier from Remember the Titans). At this point in his career he wouldn’t be to expensive and could give us two to three years of quality service. The odds are is that they either try and sign Wisniewski after May 12th or draft a future center for the long haul.

Jimmy Graham is great but I think we all agree that we’ll miss Max Unger.

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