What are we talking, the difference between $22M vs $16M in salary? $5M a year is one Brandon Mebane ... $7-9M a year is one linebacker. $5-7M a year is Unger or Okung. We play without them when they're hurt, right?
Can't imagine how a Mebane or Unger, plus a lesser quarterback, would ever be comparable to a Wilson, Brady, or Brees. Not sure how that one $7M player equates to hamstringing the team. The delta between Wilson and Jackson is more like 4 or 5 impact players at non-skill positions. In the NFL salary structure, quarterback costs seem well contained. A single franchise quarterback is comparable in value to the Mariners' 1-2-3 starting pitchers as a group.
Now, if you give the guy the $20M and commit to him and he turns out to be Cutler or Kaepernick, you got a whale of a problem ...
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I could be wrong, but I doubt it. There is approximately an 0% chance that the Seahawks' analysis differs ;- )
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