It’s been a hectic week for the NFL, with the legal tampering period beginning on Monday and resulting in a blur of activity that kicked off as soon as the window to speak to free agents opened at noon New York time. The activity stayed at a frantic pace through the rest of the week, with reports about tenders for exclusive rights free agents and restricted free agents hitting the wires on Wednesday, and then on Thursday the NFL announced the players who received performance based bonuses for 2018.
The Seattle Seahawks were no different than any other team, as they had multiple players leave for paydays elsewhere, including All Pro safety Earl Thomas, Pro Bowl alternate J.