c_hawkbob wrote:Allen > Ware at this point.
Yeah I think so as well, at least for our system that would definitely be the case. Plus Allen is better against he run.
In a 3-4 I would have to go with Ware, but for us, I like Allen better, though it's pretty close.
EDIT: I know that Allen is meeting with the team, (as per reports), and now that Clem has been cut, I'm going to call this one, I think it's almost as good as done that he signs with us on a cap friendly deal.
It looks like Ware may end up in Denver, Allen knows this, I'm sure his agent is tracking it, and that means that if he wants to play for a winner as he has said he does, then I would say that makes us the front runners. We have the cap space, and the need now that Clem is gone, and he fits the system, and we're a winning team, defending champs...put it all together and I believe this is going to happen.
RE-EDIT: Now it seems that Allen is trying to play hardball with teams, saying that if he doesn't get what he considers his fair market value (whatever he thinks that is) that he'll just retire.
The problem he's running into is an obvious one, one his agent should have warned him about; if he wants to go play for a winner, and spend his last year(s) chasing a ring, which he has said, then he is dealing with teams that already HAVE fairly complete rosters, and didn't get to be good by being stupid with money.
Winning teams got to be winning teams by knowing the market, and by spending within their budget.
If he wants to break the bank, then he needs to go play for a loser likethe Raiders or Browns, or Cowboys...wait Cowboys are losers AND broke. Scratch that.
You get the point though.
If he is serious about retiring, (which I doubt personally, I think this is just an ill advised ploy), then I guess I'll be wrong with my prediction about him signing here.
I still think this will happen though...but I'm not quite as certain now, because anytime a player is talking about retirement, even if it's just an idle threat for leverage, teams have to know that somewhere in this players mind is a desire to quit playing and relax and enjoy his money. That is not what the Seahawks are looking for at all. The Seahawks want players with something to prove, some chip on their shoulder, some fire in their belly, (insert cheesy cliche here).
Personally I've seen far too many Vikings games to think that Allen would ever take it easy on the football field...it's just not in his nature, the guy is wired to compete all out, all the time. That's why I think this is a bluff, but still anytime a player mentions retirement, that means it's something he is at least thinking about, at least considering as an option on some level.