NFL Free Agency

Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm began the beginning free agency signing in the NFL. Although I am more interested in Mariner spring training and March Madness I do keep my eyes open on the subject.

So far the Seattle Seahawks have lost three guys in free agency and it does look like Cornerback Jeremy Lane is going to stay on. The days ahead we will learn more about the Seahawk free agents.

The first one we heard about on Tuesday that Bruce Irvin was going to sign with the Oakland Raiders. Though he kept saying he wanted to stay with the Seahawks he was the most likely one to leave.

The next one announced in leaving was Brandon Mebane to the San Diego Chargers. Since he had been with the Seahawks for a long time I was hoping he would end his career here however that is not happening. On Monday the Seahawks signed Ahtyba Rubin to a reported three-year $12 million contract so Mebane moving on is now not a surprise. It was expected the Seahawks would retain one of the two but likely not both.

J.R. Sweezy is now going to Tampa Bay. I know that some people are disappointed that he is leaving however the offensive line is not that great we know from last year;  the question really now will Russell Okung return at left tackle for the Seahawks or will he go elsewhere. It sounds though he is a high priority for the Seahawks though the amount of money is a question as well. Will the Seahawks sacrifice some other players to keep him?

I thought by what he was saying that he likely be leaving the Seahawks I would have thought Jermaine Kearse would have announced who he was signing with. Of course, it may be just a ploy on his part.

Back to Mariner baseball and spring training the Mariners had their first game on television against the world champion Kansas City Royals beating them 7

-3. The Royal has a split squad though a few of their regulars started against the Mariners. TaiJuan Walker started the game pitching three innings for the Mariners and giving up just one run on a homer and three hits. He looked just fine in this game for the Mariners in his second outing. He probably has either two or three outings remaining before spring training is over. Right now he is slated to be the fourth starter in the rotation. The Mariners are hoping the Walker will have even a better year than last year which ended on a good note. He started out slow in April however came on good in the second half of the season. I would say he was better than expected since it was his first full season in the major leagues. The Mariners take on the Chicago Cubs on another television game at noon.

Speaking of noon the Washington Huskies men’s team takes on the Oregon Ducks today that you can see on Pac-12 network. The Ducks won the Pac-12 and are favored to win the Pac-12 tournament so it will be a hard time on the Huskies though fortunately they beat Stanford easily on Wednesday 91-68. So if you are a Husky and Mariner fan like me may have to switch back and forth to see both games or watch the Mariners later at night.

In the meantime lets enjoy what is happening in our local sports. Yeah!