something else to consider per John Clayton Blog:
Abraham suitors mull options
posted: Friday, March 17, 2006
You can see what the Seahawks are doing by working out a trade for
John Abraham with the Jets and having linebacker
Julian Peterson visit. What they are trying to do is weigh options in case they don't match the seven-year, $49 million offer sheet of guard
Steve Hutchinson. The Seahawks have enough cap room to fit two big deals whether it's keeping Hutchinson or signing Peterson or Abraham. They could let Hutchinson go and use the cap room on Abraham and Peterson. Fitting in all three would be out of the question. It creates an interesting question -- are the Seahawks a better team adding Abraham and Peterson at the expense of Hutchinson and their No. 1 draft pick? Are they better with Hutchinson and one of those defensive players? That's the question they're weighing this weekend.
The Jets plan to stick to their position of not giving up Abraham for less than a No. 1 pick now that they know they could have the Seahawks' first-round pick, the 31st overall. That No. 1 pick is an interesting bargaining chip. The Jets have three of the top 35 choices and could move up from No. 4 in the first round to get Matt Leinart in some kind of a trade. A second-round pick wouldn't be good enough.
Abraham has positioned himself well, too. First, he knows what the
Atlanta Falcons will pay and is comfortable playing there. He knows the Seahawks will probably have to pay him more than Atlanta to talk him into coming to Seattle. The Jets also control some cards because they won't let him go to Atlanta for lower value than a No. 1 choice. It's an interesting three-way battle.
