SEATTLE – The Seattle Seahawks added a piece to their pass rush and brought back a Tuesday by agreeing with Kerry Hyder and Benson Mayowa.
Agent Erik Burkhardt told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Hyder’s deal lasts for three years and $ 16.5 million with incentives to $ 17.5 million with incentives.
Mayowa, who played for Seattle last season, is returning to the Seahawks for a two-year deal, which is likely to include at least another invalid year for salary tax purposes, a source told ESPN’s Brady Henderson.
Both Hyder and Mayowa will be 30 years ahead of the start of the upcoming season.
Hyder set an 8.5-bag career high in 16 games with the San Francisco 49ers last season while playing under coordinator Robert Saleh, a student of Pete Carroll, who defends a defense like Seattle’s. The 49ers signed Hyder in the 6-2, 270-pound free agency as an outfielder set up as a pack and finish line, but he became an appetizer due to Nick Bosa and Dee Ford’s injuries and was the 49ers’. most productive defensive line while mostly playing on the edge.
Hyder had 8.0 pockets with the Detroit Lions in 2016 and has 18.5 since joining the league in 2014 as an unknown Texas Tech free agent. He also played for the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys.
Mayowa had six sacks, 13 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and nine quarterback hits in 13 games with the Seahawks last season, and missed three games with an ankle injury. He started nine times but saw a slight decrease in playing time when the Seahawks swapped Carlos Dunlap, who became their starter.
Mayowa’s Pass Rush Win rate as a 16.2% edge defender was 24th among qualifying players league-wide and top among Seahawks players. Hyder was 39th at 11.3%.
Mayowa had the best seven sacks with the Raiders in 2019 before reuniting with the Seahawks last March on a one-year deal worth $ 3.05 million. After a slow start to their pass rush in 2020, the Seahawks have scored a league-high 37 bags over the last ten weeks – with Mayowa having four during that period.
He began his career as an unknown free agent from Idaho in 2013 and spent his rookie season in Seattle. He has 26 pockets in 100 career games over eight NFL seasons and has also played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals.
Dunlap remains unsigned after his release from the Seahawks earlier this month, which saved the team $ 14.1 million in savings space.
Pass-rush was the Seahawks’ biggest remaining need in the second week of free agency. Hyder and Mayowa join a group that eventually has LJ Collier, Rasheem Green, Alton Robinson and Darrell Taylor with Jarran Reed and Poona Ford on the pack. Taylor, a second-round pick last year, started training late in the season but did not play as a rookie due to a leg injury from the university.
The Seahawks last year added a loophole in the contracts they gave with the return of Chris Carson and center Ethan Pocic, something the team had not done before under general manager John Schneider and VP of player administration Matt Thomas. . That mechanism reduces the player’s immediate salary tax by spreading the sign-up bonus, but it creates dead money in the street, so it amounts to a loan capital of future years.
Information about the Nick Wagoner from ESPN was used in this report.