Seahawks have always had the contract mojo and prove it once again

The Seahawks confounded the haters once again when they reworked Duane Brown’s contract. Quandre Diggs will be next, and this should surprise absolutely no one. The Hawks have a long history of resolving these supposed impasses.

As our own Lee Vowell commented on just the other day, Seahawks stud lineman Duane Brown is back in the fold and happy again. This really shouldn’t surprise anyone, least of all the 12s. Seattle has quite the track record working out tricky contract situations, after all. This is why I expect Quandre Diggs will be next in line for a negotiation that makes both sides happy.

Let’s see…how long ago was it that the naysayers believed the Hawks were in trouble with All-World safety Jamal Adams? Oh, that’s right; Adams wasn’t budging on the contract demands. And one week later, the miracle of miracles occurred: Adams signed as the Seahawks gave him the richest contract in history for a safety.

Seahawks seem to have contract magic most of the time

Reminds me a bit of when another All-World safety actually held out for a couple of games. And yet, Seattle and the great Kam Chancellor came to terms. Read those quotes from Kam. It’s manifestly clear that he was always coming back.

Surely you all remember the dire end-of-the-world projections when Russell Wilson wanted a new contract. Much of the national media couldn’t wait to crow about the impending demise of the Hawks. In the end, all it amounted to was a lot of static. There was nothing to it. Everything gets blown out of proportion with the Seahawks, it seems.

Hey, I know what you’re thinking. “What about Earl Thomas? How did the Hawks handle that? You can’t tell me they handled that right!” Hmmm…let’s look at this, shall we? Thomas hadn’t played a full slate of games in three years. He had his very public, near endless, and irritating “I wanna be a Cowboy” phase leading up to and during his contract year. And when the Hawks decided they’d had enough, he moved on to the Ravens and proved that he was no longer the force he had once been.

Would I have been happy if Seattle had re-signed him? For the right money, absolutely. And that’s the key here. The Seahawks have done a phenomenal job of assessing the value of their players. More importantly, as Lee wrote in his article on Brown, Carroll and Schneider have made it clear to their players that they’ll be treated fairly. That has earned respect, and a lot of signatures on the bottom line.