The Seahawks have a lot of free agents this off-season, 31 in all according to overthecap.com. More importantly, 14 of those players are unrestricted free agents. Unrestricted means they can sign with any team they choose, unless Seattle re-signs them first. One concept that comes up a lot when fans talk about a player re-signing with his team is the hometown discount. Please, just stop now.
We’ve written about who the Hawks can let walk, and we’ve written about players the Seahawks show every sign they want to keep. I’m pretty sure that Pete Carroll and John Schneider don’t begin their sales pitch by saying how great it would be if the player would stay in Seattle for less money than they could get in another city.