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Brady HendersonESPN
SEATTLE – The Seattle Seahawks are expected to recover from defensive tackle Jarran Reed in either a transaction or a release, a source told Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Reed reportedly said goodbye to the Seahawks on Thursday, writing on Twitter:
It was true 12s💙✌🏿 tomorrow at 1 is official … in the next chapter
– jarran reed (@jarranreed) March 25, 2021
Reed, 28, has one more year and $ 8.5 million left in his contract, which is set to hit $ 13.5 million against the ceiling. The Seahawks would save $ 8.5 million against the ceiling by trading or releasing Reed, while enduring $ 5 million in dead money.
Seahawks must free up space for the cover to be compatible with the covers once the recent agreements have agreed to become official. They only have three picks in next month’s draft – a second, a fourth and a seventh – after trading a fifth-round pick at the Las Vegas Raiders to guard Gabe Jackson.
A second-round pick in 2016 in Alabama, Reed was first known as a first-season pick in the first two seasons, but then broke out for 10.5 sacks in 2018. He started the 2019 season serving a six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy and ended the year with two sacks in 10 games.
The Seahawks awarded Reed a two-year, $ 23 million deal last March, betting he could regain his 2018 form. He had a comeback season with 6.5 sacks in 16 games.
The Seahawks re-signed Poona Ford to a two-year deal at the start of the free agency. Ford has started the last two seasons with Reed. Seattle also has Bryan Mone, Cedrick Lattimore and Myles Adams as real defensive attacks on its roster.