Last week, Seahawks were telling teams that they would only part with Richard Sherman in exchange for “a very good player” plus a high draft pick, according to Armando Salguero of The Miami Herald. Already, it seems that asking price has dropped a bit. The Seahawks are now looking for a first-round pick in the upcoming draft plus a conditional mid-round choice in 2018, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL.com.
For what it’s worth, Garafolo (Twitter link) says the asking price has always been a first-round pick plus a future mid-round choice. But, Salguero has a history of rock solid reporting and, with that in mind, it appears there has been a reduction in Seattle’s ask.
As former NFL executive Joe Banner suggested recently, Garafolo says the Darrelle Revis trade of 2013 could give us an idea of the kind of return that would come in a Sherman deal. The Jets received a first-round pick in 2013 and a fourth-round pick in 2014 in exchange for Revis, which is right in line with what Seattle is now asking for. That fourth-round pick was a conditional choice that would have blossomed into a third-round selection if Revis remained on the roster on the third day of the 2014 league year.
Either the market for Sherman isn’t quite as strong as the Seahawks anticipated or the Seahawks were intentionally setting an inflated sticker price to begin the sweepstakes. Now, one has to wonder if the Seahawks will be willing to take even less than the Revis package as we get closer to the draft.
If the Seahawks do not find a suitable deal for Sherman, they may have to work on mending some fences with their star cornerback.
He didn’t say that the Seahawks had offered that. He just speculates that that is the deal needed to get it done. Pure speculation, not official from the Seahawks.
Honky tonk tradonka donk y’all way down south youngin Sherman
no thanks on Sherman to the Saints I’ll wait on butler
TITANS got to be in on this! Give up the 18th and a 4th next year to add to the secondary then take who ever you deem the best WR at 5
His mouth caught up to his performance. Welcome to Kaepernick/Tebow-ville. A distraction is a distraction.
Please Tomlin and Colbert do this trade …. even in the next few years he will still be worth it plus we have the cap space!! This would take us to the Super Bowl for sure.
If Sherman decides to leave his new team after 2 years via Free Agency, the team will most likely get a good comp pick in return (up to a 3rd-Round Comp Pick). So that ‘2018 4th-Rounder’ is pretty much a wash. Bringing the trade back to: “Sherman for a 1st-Rounder”. Is Sherman for 2 years at $11mil/yr worth more than the current 1st-Round CB prospects for 4 years? Thats the question. If the answer is ‘yes’, teams should be making the phone call.
A player’s skillset can erode quickly over those 2 years, especially as he crosses Age 30. A late 3rd comp pick assumes Sherman signs another top of the market deal i.e. 5 year $80 million. A 31 year old CB who slows down, gets hurt, doesn’t have Earl Thomas/Kam Chancellor protecting him can very well sign for 3 years $15 million and net only a Comp 6th/7th.
A very true possibility. Which is why the 2018 pick is conditional.
I’ll take either one!! Sherman is proven but older. Still have to give up the same thing for butler. Offer 32 and see what happens
I’ll pass on Sherman for any price