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It's nearly August, which means it's our chance to get reacquainted with a familiar topic at this part of the offseason. Michael Bennett, the Seahawks' star defensive lineman, isn't happy with his contract.
Speaking with The Huffington Post, Bennett didn't exactly lend any new insight into contract negotiations. He did, however, publicly give the Seahawks another option if they don't want to fairly compensate him for his services.
Either sign him long-term or cut him free.
"It is never-ending," Bennett told The Huffington Post. "Especially when people are getting new contracts every day. You sit there and you're like, 'Damn, really?' I'm just to the point where it's kind of like, if you don't think I'm valuable, then just get rid of me."
As Bennett noted, other players have been signing extensions. At the end of last month, the Seahawks -- a team that often shies away from negotiating new deals with its players -- rewarded receiver Doug Baldwin with a four-year contract worth $24,250,000 in guarantees. Baldwin's new deal came roughly a year after safety Kam Chancellor's contract holdout stretched into the regular season before he eventually gave up and returned to Seattle without new money.
If anyone deserves a new deal -- not that Baldwin didn't -- it's Bennett. He's among the most versatile defensive linemen in the league, capable of slotting in on the inside and the outside. In 2015, Bennett notched a career-high 10 sacks. As CBS Sports' Jared Dubin wrote recently, "only one player has more pressures over the last four seasons than Bennett."
That player's name? J.J. Watt, arguably the top player in the entire league.
Bennett is scheduled to earn $7 million this season. Watt will earn $14.5 million. No one is saying Bennett is Watt, but no one should believe Bennett deserves to bring in less than half of Watt's yearly salary. According to The Huffington Post, Bennett hasn't ruled out holding out of Seahawks training camp later this month.
"I just want to be fairly compensated with the top guys in the league," Bennett said. "I'm definitely one of the top five defensive ends."
It's nearly August, which means it's our chance to get reacquainted with a familiar topic at this part of the offseason. Michael Bennett, the Seahawks' star defensive lineman, isn't happy with his contract.
Speaking with The Huffington Post, Bennett didn't exactly lend any new insight into contract negotiations. He did, however, publicly give the Seahawks another option if they don't want to fairly compensate him for his services.
Either sign him long-term or cut him free.
"It is never-ending," Bennett told The Huffington Post. "Especially when people are getting new contracts every day. You sit there and you're like, 'Damn, really?' I'm just to the point where it's kind of like, if you don't think I'm valuable, then just get rid of me."
As Bennett noted, other players have been signing extensions. At the end of last month, the Seahawks -- a team that often shies away from negotiating new deals with its players -- rewarded receiver Doug Baldwin with a four-year contract worth $24,250,000 in guarantees. Baldwin's new deal came roughly a year after safety Kam Chancellor's contract holdout stretched into the regular season before he eventually gave up and returned to Seattle without new money.
If anyone deserves a new deal -- not that Baldwin didn't -- it's Bennett. He's among the most versatile defensive linemen in the league, capable of slotting in on the inside and the outside. In 2015, Bennett notched a career-high 10 sacks. As CBS Sports' Jared Dubin wrote recently, "only one player has more pressures over the last four seasons than Bennett."
That player's name? J.J. Watt, arguably the top player in the entire league.
Bennett is scheduled to earn $7 million this season. Watt will earn $14.5 million. No one is saying Bennett is Watt, but no one should believe Bennett deserves to bring in less than half of Watt's yearly salary. According to The Huffington Post, Bennett hasn't ruled out holding out of Seahawks training camp later this month.
"I just want to be fairly compensated with the top guys in the league," Bennett said. "I'm definitely one of the top five defensive ends."
