Bruce Irvin to sign with the Raiders, per multiple reports

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY SportsSo long, Bruce. Seahawks linebacker/pass rusher Bruce Irvin will sign with Ken Norton Jr. and the Raiders as soon as the league year opens tomorrow at 1:00 pm PT, says both Adam Schefter and Ian Rapoport.

This is not a surprise -- Seattle has been expecting to say goodbye to Irvin for some time, and while they likely made a stab at keeping him as a Seahawk, it was going to be hard to pay yet another linebacker top dollar. Seattle already has Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright locked up long-term.

"I loved Byron (Maxwell), you guys, I'm sure you get tired of me talking about it but it really, truly is a big puzzle that we have to work through," said John Schneider at the…