The Seattle Seahawks have tendered guard Rob Sims at the fourth-round level, allowing any interested team to sign him to an offer sheet and to give up a third-day draft pick (yes, there are three days now) if the Seahawks don’t match.
The development is prompting considerable speculation that, once the RFA market gets rolling, Sims will be one of the first guys to experience plenty of attention.
Sims, a four-year veteran, started 16 games in 2007 and 14 in 2009. Obvious connections are in Cleveland, where former Seahawks coach “the Big Show” is now the oversized cheese, and in Chicago, where the guy who drafted Sims has been hired to rescue Jerry Angelo from a looming pink slip.
In capped years, the restricted free agents don’t begin to get much attention until 10 days or two weeks have passed, during which the UFAs are the focus. This year, with so many more RFAs and, in turn, considerably fewer UFAs, the restricted guys could find themselves getting chased sooner than ever.
Why would anybody want any one of our o-linemen?
he’s from cleveland area too which is another connection along with Holmgren…
Cleveland has a great o-line. Why would we waste our time and resources with more. It dosent matter how much line we have if there isnt anyone behind it!
Sims to the Browns would be AMAZING!
That would really help them bring in a higher quality QB too. If they can show they are willing to pay to protect a QB, it will go a long way towards rebuilding a good reputation in Cleveland.
I only hope and pray that the Rob Sims and Chris Spencer experiment is over in Seattle. Both are worthless piles of crap.
This is crap reporting. Sims played for Holmgren but he was terrible. And just because he has improved, he is still terrible. I don’t know why a team would give up a 4th rounder for a player who has had some injuries here and there and sucks when he is on the field.
I like how you mention he played in all games 3 years ago and 14 last year. Conveniently forget he missed most of ’08 and had injuries in ’06 too.
Sims is from the Cleveland area as well. The Browns are about to Hadnot, so a G is needed.
With all the draft picks the Redskins have given up for the likes of Brandon Lloyd…why aren’t they all over this one?
Glaring hole at one of the guard positions.
Whoever gets him, thank you for the gift of a 4th rounder!
The Browns left side of the line is good. they could use a stronger right side. They have let Haley and Hadnot go and now they need to find a starting guard and a right tackle and some depth.