Seahawks just received a break in Elijah Arroyo contract negotiations
The Seattle Seahawks are scheduled to report to training camp next week. Meanwhile rookie second-round picks Nick Emmanwori and Elijah Arroyo have yet to sign their rookie deals over a league-wide dispute in guaranteed money in second-round contracts. The current CBA wouldn't allow Emmanwori or Arroyo to attend camp without signed deals, meaning potential holdouts are looming.
The Houston Texans threw negotiations with second-round picks into disarray after making the unprecedented decision to sign No. 35 overall selection Jayden Higgins to a fully-guaranteed contract. The Cleveland Browns followed suit with their 33rd pick Carson Schwesinger. The other 30 second-round draftees had been unsigned ever since, and the Seahawks are especially in a pickle with Emmanwori, who was the pick right after Schwesinger and Higgins.
Though the Emmanwori negotiations remain complicated, Seahawks GM John Schneider just caught a break in talks with Arroyo, his other second-round pick, and he has a division rival to thank. The San Francisco 49ers signed second-round pick Alfred Collins to his rookie contract on Wednesday evening. Collins, the 43rd pick, did NOT receive a fully-guaranteed contract.
Collins saw roughly 87% of his rookie deal guaranteed, according to Pro Football Talk. That's approximately 10% more than the 43rd pick got in guarantees last year, per Mike Florio. With Arroyo being drafted seven picks (No. 50) after Collins, he can no longer realistically expect to sign a fully-guaranteed contract.
The Collins deal serves as a significant breakthrough. Schneider should manage to sign Arroyo to a non-guaranteed rookie deal, one that contains a slight uptick in guarantees compared to last year's 50th pick (following the Collins precedence). Unfortunately for Schneider, the Emmanwori negotiations remain complicated. The Seahawks may have to cave on that front.
At least the Arroyo negotiations should be moving in the right direction after the 49ers' deal with Collins.
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