Updated Mar 5, 2013 - 1:09 pm
Remaining pass-rush options after franchise deadline
The NFL's deadline for using the franchise tag passed Monday, providing an opportunity for a look at the remaining pass rushers who could be available to the Seahawks when free agency begins next week.
The list got a little shorter. The Bengals' Michael Johnson and the Cowboys' Anthony Spencer were among the eight players to receive the franchise tag. The Bears' Henry Melton and the Dolphins' Randy Starks, both defensive tackles with pass-rushing abilities, were also named franchise players.
The Seahawks and others teams can still pursue those franchised players, but doing so would require making an offer greater than the franchise-tag value for the given position and giving up two first-round picks if the tagging team fails to match. That exorbitant price makes it rare for teams to go after franchised players.
The list of remaining options includes a mix of young and veteran players. Paul Kruger and Cliff Avril are in their mid-20s. Osi Umenyiora, Dwight Freeney, John Abraham and Kyle Vanden Bosch are at least 31. Cullen Jenkins, a defensive tackle who reportedly visited with the Seahawks Monday, is 32.
In the video below, Brock Huard and Mike Salk discuss those options and another for the Seahawks: standing pat in free agency and relying on some of the team's recent draft picks.
You can listen to Tuesday's show here.
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Brock Huard has co-hosted the show since 2009. After earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors at Puyallup High School, Brock went on to a record-setting career at Washington and then spent six years in the NFL, including four with the Seahawks. Brock has also spent five years with ESPN working as a college football analyst in the booth and the studio. Brock makes his home on the Eastside with his wife Molly and their three young children.
Danny O'Neil is the son of a logger, a graduate of the University of Washington and has been a working journalist in Seattle since 1999, first at newspapers and since 2012 at 710 ESPN Seattle. He is married to Sharon Pian Chan, associate opinions editor at The Seattle Times. They live on Capitol Hill with their wrinkled, smelly dog.
