Earl Thomas Yes or No

The NFL draft is in a week so if the Seahawks trade Earl Thomas it likely will be real soon. Personally I hope that the Seahawks will be able to sign Earl Thomas to an extension instead of trading him.

He is the Seahawks best defender and someday will be in the Ring of Honor so why trade him especially with so much turnover on the defensive side of the ball. If they do trade him that basically leaves Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright as the top defenders on the team. The Seahawks need all three of the guys.

I am sure there will be some saying trade him because he doesn’t want to be here. Actually  he just wants to be paid for his worth as well. Of course will he continue to be the Earl we have seen or will he brake down during the next few years. It will be hard to say at this point but John Schneider and Peter Carroll will need to answer that question for themselves.

If the Seahawks do trade Earl over the next few days they will need to pick up a first rounder and a third rounder for him or two second rounder’s and a third. Nothing less would mean to me that they are rebuilding instead of retooling which is what they have been saying since the beginning of the off-season.

Keeping Earl Thomas means that they should only take a couple seasons to get back on top however if they trade him it could take three or four years. Signing him to a long term contract how will that affect the salary cap? I don’t think that will be a big deal either. I know that the Seahawks can afford to go over the salary cap though I am not sure how much they would be charged if they did.

Trading Earl to the Dallas Cowboys the best idea or is there another team that they can trade him to that can afford to pay him?  Let’s not think any other way except to keep Earl for the next five years. Go Hawks!!