The Seattle Seahawks have confirmed that they are very serious about trading Pro Bowl cornerback Richard Sherman, but they have a very high asking price.
According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, Seattle is demanding a quality player and a high draft pick for Sherman, who only wants to go to a contender.
The Seahawks have let it be known they would consider trading Sherman, but only for “a very good player plus a high draft pick,” according to an NFL source.
And that’s just the team-to-team cost of a potential deal.
Sherman, who has some leverage in deciding where he would play, would want to go to a team that has a chance to compete for a Super Bowl, which may eliminate perhaps more than half of the NFL’s 32 teams. Sherman is also not giving any money back on his current contract, the source said.
Sherman’s contract has two years remaining and will pay $11.4 million this year and $11 million next year, with salary cap costs above $13 million each year.
Seattle is most likely to trade Sherman during the draft, when they have the best chance to get the assets they want in return for Sherman.
Sherman, who turned 29 last week, had 58 tackles with four interceptions and 13 pass breakups last season. He has spent his entire six-year NFL career with the Seahawks.
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