Seahawks Blog
Danny O'Neil covers the Seahawks for The Seattle Times.
Blog Home |
E-mail Danny |
Subscribe |
Twitter feed|
Seahawks forum
Comments (0)
E-mail article
Print
Share
Report: Rob Sims to sign his one-year qualifying offer
Posted by Danny O'Neil
Rob Sims will be signing the one-year qualifying offer from the Seahawks today, according to John Clayton of ESPN.
That doesn't mean he's joining Seattle, though. It actually lends credence to the idea that he's close to a trade. Both Chicago and Detroit have been identified as teams with interest in Sims. Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network also said Philadelphia is among the teams pursuing Sims.
Seattle has told Sims he is not part of the team's plan for the future, but tendered him a one-year qualifying offer because the Seahawks believed he has value to a team that runs a man-blocking scheme. The level of Sims' qualifying tender entitles Seattle to a fourth-round pick as compensation if he signs an offer sheet elsewhere. Seattle is free to accept less than that in a trade for Sims. The fact that Sims would be signing the one-year tender paves the way for a trade, meaning Seattle likely would be accepting less than that in return.
• Source: Sims hopes to speed up trade
By John Clayton, ESPN.com
The Bears released defensive end Alex Brown Thursday. He was a player mentioned as a potential trade candidate, but his price tag of $5 million was prohibitively high.
Whitehurst excited: Quarterback Charlie Whitehurst was a college teammate of Leroy Hill, and the Spartanburg Herald caught up with Whitehurst. The story begins "Charlie Whitehurst's bank account is suddenly far superior to his NFL résumé ..."
Grant to Giants: Safety Deon Grant has signed with the Giants, the team announced. Grant played the previous three seasons with Seattle after signing a big-budget deal to come from Jacksonville.
UPDATE - 12:30 PM
Recently listed
Popular searches
Dec 24 - 6:10 AM Looking back: Revisiting Sunday's scouting report
Dec 24 - 1:09 AM Seahawks' scoring binge
Dec 24 - 1:01 AM Video: Summing Seattle's victory
Dec 24 - 12:58 AM Video: Russell Wilson post-game comments
Dec 24 - 12:21 AM Rookie passing roll call
- Records give rare look at how feds probed one reporter
- Kemper Freeman plans $1.2 billion expansion in Bellevue
- Earthquake scenarios show potential for huge damage, loss of life
- Pete Carroll on Seahawks' off-field problems: "It's real serious"
- Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
- NBA player Terrence Williams arrested in Kent for gun threats
- Poverty hits home in local suburbs like S. King County
- Police: Brother-in-law ‘heavily involved’ in disposal of Susan Powell’s body
- Records: Slain intruder showed signs of mental breakdown
- Seattle’s NBA hopes still high as league warms to expansion
- IRS office was perplexed, inundated with tax-exempt applications 372
- Game thread: Hisashi Iwakuma tries to play 'stopper' for Mariners 278
- Guest: Stop using the term ‘illegal immigrants’ 149
- Mariners can't close Indians out, lose it 10-8 in 10th 143
- UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have ‘strategic affiliation’ 107
- Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla. 86
- A few things to take away from this heartbreaking Mariners series 79
- More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told 77
- Don't worry Husky football fans, we'll have you covered 67
- Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe 59
- Kemper Freeman plans $1.2 billion expansion in Bellevue
- UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have ‘strategic affiliation’
- Earthquake scenarios show potential for huge damage, loss of life
- Community Dinners church nourishes bodies, souls
- Poverty hits home in local suburbs like S. King County
- China’s wealthy paying cash for Eastside luxury homes
- deafReview gives a voice to deaf consumers
- UW expands online courses, this time from Harvard, MIT
- 129 concerts to see this summer
- Italy on the plate by way of Ballard | Taste
