The primary wave of free company got here and went, and the Seattle Seahawks added gamers at a number of key positions on the sector, addressing wants and filling holes forward of the 2024 NFL Draft. One of many largest positions of want was at security, the place the Hawks had created a big gap with the discharge of Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams forward of the beginning of the brand new league 12 months.
The Hawks moved rapidly to fill that void by including Rayshawn Jenkins, who himself had change into a cap casualty of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and now because of Brady Henderson of ESPN, we all know how a lot Jenkins will value the Seattle.
Particulars of S Rayshawn Jenkins’ two-year, $12M take care of the Seahawks, per Over The Cap:
-$5M signing bonus-Base salaries of $1.26M (assured) and $4.89M-Per-game roster bonuses totaling $340K and $510K
In order that’s $6.26M in ensures and a $4.1M cap quantity for 2024.
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) March 18, 2024
The cap hits of the contract break down as:
2024: $4.1M ($1.26M base wage, $2.5M signing bonus proration and $340k in per sport roster bonuses)
2025: $7.9M ($4.89M base wage, $2.5M signing bonus proration and $510k in per sport roster bonuses)
The contract could be very, similar to that signed by Julian Love throughout the 2023 offseason, and provides the Seahawks a pair of safeties on cheap contracts, each of whom have vital positional flexibility within the secondary.