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Plenty of interest in Dion Lewis
Posted by Mike Florio on March 1, 2018
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The veteran running back market typically doesn’t include players who draw extensive interest. This year, it could be different.
Patriots running back
Dion Lewis is expected to get serious consideration from multiple teams, per a source with knowledge of the situation.
Potentially interested teams include the Jets, Texans, 49ers, Raiders, and Colts. As many as six or seven teams are expected to pursue Lewis.
A fifth-round pick of the Eagles in 2011, he arrived in New England after stints in Philly, Cleveland, and Indy. His best year by far came in 2017, with 896 rushing yards (an average of five yards per attempt) and 214 receiving yards. He had six rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns.
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Raiders may cut Michael Crabtree, Marshawn Lynch
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 1, 2018
Despite comments from Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie and coach Jon Gruden that indicated receiver
Michael Crabtree and running back
Marshawn Lynch were in the plans for 2018, both could be gone before the regular season.
That’s the word from Michael Gehlken of the
Las Vegas Review-Journal, who reports that both players are in flux and
could be out of Oakland this year.
The issue is the players’ salaries: Crabtree has a cap hit of $7.7 million this season, while Lynch has a cap hit of nearly $6 million and could earn more in performance incentives. The Raiders would like to have both players back, but not necessarily at those prices.
Lynch has a roster bonus of $1 million due on March 18, so the Raiders may need to decide on his status soon. There’s more time to decide on Crabtree’s status. But decisions will need to be made on both players at some point in the months ahead, and those decisions won’t be as easy as McKenzie and Gruden suggested.
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Seahawks talking about Michael Bennett trade
Posted by Josh Alper on March 1, 2018
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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll answered questions on a variety of topics during a media session on Thursday and defensive end Michael Bennett’s status was on the list.
Bennett said at the end of the season that he
did not expect to be back with the Seahawks in 2018 and Carroll said Thursday that he hasn’t spoken to Bennett for a while. He said there are “conversations going in all directions” regarding Bennett and it appears a trade is one of the directions.
Brady Henderson of ESPN reports that the Seahawks are
talking to other teams about a trade involving Bennett. There’s no word on which teams have been on the other end of the line.
Bennett had 8.5 sacks for the Seahawks in 2017 and has three years left on the deal he signed in 2016. His cap number for 2018 is just under $7.4 million and Seattle would have over $5 million in dead money left if they were to part ways with Bennett this offseason.
