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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Just a little weird they would be trading guys, but turn around and sign a QB like this.
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I don't think it is at all. I think they would have stuck with Geno, but not for over $40M per year, or at least not for over 2 years at that rate given that he's 34 years old. So when Geno wasn't willing to come in at a number they could live with, they went cheaper and younger, with a lower floor and a higher ceiling. It's a gamble.
On DK, that was just... no one should pay that guy what the Steelers just did. He's not a very good route runner and not a great catcher of the football, he's just a physical freak. That type of guy is not someone you should be paying that kind of money to until he's into his 30s. Even Julio Jones couldn't keep being that guy as he aged and DK is not Julio Jones.
So it's not really weird if you look at it as hiring a new OC in Kubiak and going and getting him the QB he just worked with in San Fran 2 years ago, presumably they're all aligned that he can execute what Kubiak and MM want from their QB. And this gives you more flexibility to hopefully protect him - as the O line has been the weak link for Seattle forever - and give him a decent run game to rely on, which Geno did not have, again thanks to the poor O line.