Allen Park — It's been five years since Golden Tate left Seattle for Detroit, but the Lions receiver still has a fondness for his former coach, and those feelings are mutual.
Tate signed a five-year, $31 million contract with Detroit in 2014. At the time, he called Seattle's offer to keep him laughable. But coming off a Super Bowl victory, with the league's best defense, the Seahawks couldn't afford to pay everyone and Tate was a causality of that reality.
Tate was just coming into his own as a professional. In his final season with Seattle, he caught a personal best 64 passes for 898 yards and five touchdowns.