2018 Ideal Secondary

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Sign Earl Thomas - a proven veteran (6x pro bowler) that will help the young secondary take the next step to be elite. He wants to be here, he’s from Texas, & he would be the best Safety in Dallas since Woodson hands down. Use the cap savings from cutting Scandrick towards Thomas’s contract. Get it done.

Jeff Heath- the signing of Thomas will allow Heath to excel again as a rotational player and Special teams ace. He may not be uber talented, yet he always seems to be in the middle of big plays. Not to mention, he’s the back up kicker..lol. He’s our modern day Bill Bates.

Xavier Woods- the Boys will move Woods were they originally wanted him at SS. He proved this year he could cover like a CB, yet was a physical tackler like you’d expect for a Safety. The off-season program should only ‘Strengthen’ his chances to succeed.

Kavon Frazier- rotate in on obvious run plays. He’s a downhill ‘box’ Safety that likes to drop the hammer on opponents. Every secondary needs a guy like this.

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Bryon Jones- move Jones to CB during his last season, as I don’t believe Dallas will resign him after 2018 at this point. But he’s still valuable covering bigger WR/ TEs and dosent cost much.

Orlando Scandrick- Cut. The older he gets, the more injured he seems to be. I respect what he’s done for the team, but he’s not elite. It’s time to move on to the young guys and I think he knows it.

Draft pick- this draft class is said to be loaded with CB, much like last year. Maybe we can steal another CB in the 3rd or 4th round like we did with Lewis. You can never have enough CBs

Chidobe Awuzie- stud in the making and should only get better after the offseason. He’s established himself as a starter his rookie season. We can only hope that he learns to make his reads and more plays on the ball.

Jordan Lewis- was an absolute steal in the 3rd round. Like Awuzie, he’s established himself as a starter and looks even more polished at CB than Awuzie. Teams were already rarely throwing his direction. That’s a very good sign.

Anthony Brown- started off in the Sophomore slump this year, but rebounded nicely. Like the rest of this young secondary, he’ll get better the more he plays. At the very least, if he ends up being our 3rd or 4th option at CB.. that’s not a bad problem.

Possible 6th Cb- let Duke Thomas, Marquez White, and/or any surprise undrafted player fight it out for the last spot.

The versatility in Jones, Woods, and Awuzie will allow the secondary to disguise coverages and create turnovers. The above scenario would be ‘best case’ in my opinion.
 
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Only one problem. Thomas is still under contract with the Seahawks but I would love to get him.

Well, I guess I missed that. Not sure why I thought he was a free agent. Oh well, there goes that idea... it still would be awesome. I just think, considering how young our secondary is.. we need a proven veteran roaming centerfield. There’s still other Proven veterans that actually may come at a better price like Ricardo Allen, Lamarcus Joyner, and Morgan Burnett.
 
Well, I guess I missed that. Not sure why I thought he was a free agent. Oh well, there goes that idea... it still would be awesome. I just think, considering how young our secondary is.. we need a proven veteran roaming centerfield. There’s still other Proven veterans that actually may come at a better price like Ricardo Allen, Lamarcus Joyner, and Morgan Burnett.
It is still not far fetch because the Hawks might release but I doubt it. They might release the other safety though.
 
Well, I guess I missed that. Not sure why I thought he was a free agent. Oh well, there goes that idea... it still would be awesome. I just think, considering how young our secondary is.. we need a proven veteran roaming centerfield. There’s still other Proven veterans that actually may come at a better price like Ricardo Allen, Lamarcus Joyner, and Morgan Burnett.

Because it's heavily rumored up here in the PNW that they won't keep him for his last year with the 12 million hit .
 
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Get this dude....he's young and good and cut Orlando
 
Word is Seahawks may blow up their secondary.......so Thomas getting cut isn't as far fetched as some may think. Another option would be Eric Reid........he WILL be a free agent.
 
Word is Seahawks may blow up their secondary.......so Thomas getting cut isn't as far fetched as some may think. Another option would be Eric Reid........he WILL be a free agent.

The political guy, who was Wally Pipped and moved to linebacker? We will sign him then lol

This is coming from kind of Reid’s biggest supporters. He also is like every safety we’ve had in 20 years. Not a ballhawk
 
It's the exact thing we need to get away from. I understand the right kind guy thing, I really do but I think this FO has taken that bit too far at times. IMO this is what separates Pats, from the rest of NFL. Belichick has Jimmy's mentality that cares about one thing, can he play. Amazing the leagues so-called black sheeps have ended up with Pats and made a difference. Belichick brings them in on a short leash and squeezes what's left and drop them.

Just good coaching if you ask me
 
The Cowboys are fine in the secondary. Add another safety/corner in the middle rounds. They will be ok.
 
No, we need a veteran in there. It’s too young back there.experience matters
You are going to pay 30 year old safety big money to play here because he is experienced? I would put money elsewhere. The team decided to go young in the secondary. Let it play out. They found three good players in last years draft. That have a total yearly salary of less than a million. Once you cut Scandrick, you replace him with a middle round draft pick. Secondary will not miss a beat.
 
You are going to pay 30 year old safety big money to play here because he is experienced? I would put money elsewhere. The team decided to go young in the secondary. Let it play out. They found three good players in last years draft. That have a total yearly salary of less than a million. Once you cut Scandrick, you replace him with a middle round draft pick. Secondary will not miss a beat.
i never said big money. I will say you don’t win in this league with 2 second year corners, rookie safety and Jeff heath. I don’t see it bro. Are we playing for championships or this phantom future championship?
 
i never said big money. I will say you don’t win in this league with 2 second year corners, rookie safety and Jeff heath. I don’t see it bro. Are we playing for championships or this phantom future championship?
Give me some guys. I just don't think they will pay the money for a Bostic or Thomas. We should have kept Church.
 
Give me some guys. I just don't think they will pay the money for a Bostic or Thomas. We should have kept Church.
You forgot about Byron Jones, Frazier, and Anthony Brown. They are jags but know are system and have made plays in the past.
 
And I don’t think Thomas would’ve approached Garrett if he knew he was coming back next year.

He's definitely been talking about the possibility. I've done the homework. And it looks to be one of two things:

One, he truly is worried that due to the Seahawks cap issues, he's likely to be cut

Or

Two, he's angling for a big contract from the Seahawks to match the one the Chiefs gave to Berry

If it's option one? Sure, I'd definitely be on the ohone with him the second he was released. Based on location and his being a huge fan of the team, I think we'd have at least some form of advantage.

If it's option two? Let someone else make that mistake.
 

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