Frank Clark, Edge, Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks made a pointed effort to reset their locker room and cap sheet this offseason, losing defensive stalwarts to gain more flexibility. Their soft-rebuild attempt will require shrewd extensions as they need to improve what’s been putrid drafting over the last five years. Retaining young pass-rusher Frank Clark would be a positive step forward in their defensive overhaul.
Clark has a hideous domestic violence incident in his past, but that didn’t stop the franchise from investing a Day 2 pick into him. It won’t stop them from making him one of the faces of their defense. He’s a highly effective edge player with 19 sacks over the last two seasons, and just turned 25 years old.
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Danielle Hunter’s $14 million deal is too high of a comparison for Clark, but the position hasn’t produced many recent deals for ascending talent. Landing above Cameron Jordan’s older contract is still a solid win, and would put him seventh a month 4-3 ends on multi-year deals.
Proposed contract extension: Four years, $48 million, $19 million guaranteed.