Trufant signed to 6 year $50 million deal
by notor on Mar 26, 2008 11:33 AM PDT
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Update: Isn't this community great? Thanks to notor for breaking the news. Looks like a fair contract. Good for the Seahawks, good for Tru. Marcus Trufant Retro will be up shortly.
20 million in guaranteed money, 34 million over the first 4 years.
Glad that's all over and done with, I'm not sure exactly how much cap room this saves us but we shouldn't have any problems signing draft picks and whatnot now.
As for the contract itself, I think it's a pretty good deal for the franchise, in that it's significantly less than Asante Samuel or stifles laugh DeAngelo Hall's contracts, which were around what Trufant was looking for.
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Nice
I wonder how this is gonna hurt our cap next year though...
by Strang on Mar 26, 2008 7:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 26, 2008 7:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's hoping
by The Ancient Mariner on Mar 26, 2008 8:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Amazing!
I'm almost certain that Lofa's signing and his comments regarding a team commitment rather than an individual payday played at least a minor role in Tru's decision to accept a smaller contract than what he would have recieved in FA.
You can't tell me that seeing other teammates restructure their own contracts in order to keep a goood team dynamic didn't have some affect on Tru.
Anyway, what great news!
by Freezman on Mar 26, 2008 8:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You have to remember
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 26, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a high guaranteed %
by clamslayer on Mar 26, 2008 10:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think that was the compromise
He got the same guaranteed money that Samuel got with the Eagles, but a smaller contract overall.
by notor on Mar 26, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
trufant sucks!
anyone feel my anti-seahawks vibe has diminished a little bit in the last few weeks?
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 26, 2008 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
seriously
by jimmimoose on Mar 26, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Christian works to much
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 26, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that'd be 'too' much
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 26, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is the safety manager for a Refinery cleaning
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 26, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
by Phildopip on Mar 26, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've been safety inspector for 7 years.
Uh...all of them?
by jimmimoose on Mar 26, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is awesome
Trufant might have been able to get more on the open market, but him and Lofa stayed loyal to the Hawks.
Now get Hill re-signed and I will do backflips!
by MFAN on Mar 26, 2008 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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