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The Seattle Seahawks are making a uncommon splash within the first wave of free company to deal with their greatest place group of want.
The staff has agreed to a three-year take care of former Denver Broncos defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones, he instructed CBS Sports on Monday evening.
The deal is price $51 million, in line with The Score. That simply makes it the biggest contract when it comes to annual common the Seahawks have given to a different staff’s free agent below coach Pete Carroll and normal supervisor John Schneider, topping the $9.5 million common of the deal they gave Uchenna Nwosu final 12 months.
Schneider spoke bluntly on the NFL scouting mix final week and the necessity to enhance the entrance seven of Seattle’s protection after the Seahawks allowed the third-most speeding yards per sport of any staff final season and completed twenty eighth in ESPN’s Pass Rush Win Rate.
“I believe we have got to get loads higher,” Schneider stated. “Yeah, we have to be higher up entrance. I believe that was fairly evident. We have been on the sphere loads. We did not defend the run actual effectively. We had some video games in there [when] we did a very nice job. And we had a number of video games that did not go so effectively. We know what the problems are and we’re able to assault them and repair them.”
Jones led the Broncos with 6.5 sacks this season regardless of lacking the ultimate 4 video games of the season with a hip harm that didn’t require surgical procedure. He was moved to injured reserve Dec. 11.
Armed with a tough to search out quickness-size mixture at 281 kilos, Jones, who turned 26 in January, has proven the flexibility to push the pocket on the within in nickel rush conditions and transfer to the top spot on early downs.
His potential versatility for both 3-4 or 4-3 defenses — the Broncos performed a base 3-4 in every of his 4 seasons — make him an intriguing possibility. This previous season, he performed 451 snaps at defensive sort out and 224 at finish, with 4 of his sacks coming whereas lined up on the sting.
Jones has disruptive upside as a pass-rusher with first-step quickness and short-area juice. His move rush win price when lined up inside (15.9%) ranked sixth amongst all defenders in 2022.
A 3rd-round choose of the Broncos in 2019, Jones was a daily all through his first 4 seasons in Denver, however he began greater than seven video games for the primary time in 2022. He had a career-high 47 tackles final season whereas his sack whole tied his excessive from 2020.
Broncos normal supervisor George Paton had stated this previous season that he hoped to re-sign Jones, calling him “one among our core gamers.”
ESPN’s Jeff Legwold and Matt Bowen contributed to this report.
