Seattle Seahawks: Trading for Melvin Gordon would be terrible mistake
By Samuel Teets
Immediate Financial Woes
For Seattle, a contract paying Gordon $10-13 million would be a nightmare.
Right now, the team is paying Chris Carson less than $1 million per year to be the starter. Carson ran for 82.2 yards per game last season and finished the year with 1,151 rushing yards. However, he was a seventh round pick in 2017. That means Seattle has him for two more years on a dirt-cheap deal. Going for Gordon would ruin the whole beauty of the situation.
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Besides, why would the Seahawks want to trade for a running back now? They just drafted one in the first round last year!
Rashaad Penny is making more than Carson, but he produced far less in 2018. Even so, Penny is a good backup who flashed signs of improvement and potential as a rookie. Again, though, adding a new Gordon contract to a team that already has Penny making an average of $2,691,360 annually doesn’t make sense. The move could also threaten Penny’s development.
The Seahawks have already spent time negotiating two huge new deals this offseason. The team made Bobby Wagner and Russell Wilson some of the highest-paid players at their respective positions in history.
Seattle also wasn’t able to reach a deal with free agent defensive end, Frank Clark. Despite placing the franchise tag on him, Seattle had to trade Clark to Kansas City. He signed a five-year, $104 million deal with his new team. Haven’t the Seahawks had enough contract negotiations this offseason?