{"id":60009,"date":"2019-03-04T18:30:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=60009"},"modified":"2019-03-04T19:14:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:14:40","slug":"seahawks-franchise-tag-frank-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/04\/seahawks-franchise-tag-frank-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Clark Gets Franchise Tagged by Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> have placed the franchise tag on defensive end <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/ClarFr01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Clark<\/a><\/strong>, per multiple reports. The tag will be worth $17.1 million for the 2019 season. Clark has spent his entire four-year career with the Seahawks. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Seahawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Seahawks<\/a> are expected to use the franchise tag on Frank Clark, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSchrags?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PSchrags<\/a> and me. Hope continues to be a long-term deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1102685405277753344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Frank Clark Gets Franchise Tagged by Seattle Seahawks<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting 16 games for the first time in 2018, the 25-year-old pass rusher enjoyed a career season across the board by setting personal bests in sacks (13), quarterback hits (27), solo tackles (41), forced fumbles (three) and fumble recoveries (two).<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/01\/26\/top-10-pro-bowl-snubs-2019-season-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> His highly-productive fourth season earned him the seventh spot on our website&#8217;s annual Top 10 Pro Bowl Snubs list<\/a>. Clark&#8217;s edge-rushing prowess was critical in Seattle placing in the top half of the NFL in both total defense and scoring defense. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drafted in the second round (63rd overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft, Clark has developed into a talented professional player. Registering only three sacks as a rookie, he posted 10 takedowns in year two. Slightly dipping to only nine for 2017, he rebounded with the aforementioned career outing. With the Seahawks not being their once-dominant selves in the secondary, Clark&#8217;s presence, along with star linebacker <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WagnBo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Wagner<\/a><\/strong>, will continue to be depended on for the franchise to remain in postseason contention. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Cleveland, OH, Clark played his high school ball under the stewardship of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GinnTe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Ginn<\/a> Sr<\/strong>. Playing numerous positions, Ginn considered Clark to be a natural fit as a pass rusher. Ultimately opting to play collegiately at the University of Michigan, he earned Second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2013.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"d2BEknAlTsZQH4AtEEPP3A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1056434530\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'d2BEknAlTsZQH4AtEEPP3A',sig:'agVt7UnCWyHoLTErzc_wbabe-ueveXbOp_kwlz2kWRM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1056434530',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Seahawks were the latest club to slap the franchise tag on a player Monday, giving the designation to defensive end Frank Clark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1585,"featured_media":60028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,36,32],"tags":[61,2629,47,40,1608,179],"class_list":["post-60009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-nfl-news","category-seahawks","tag-football","tag-frank-clark","tag-nfc","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"modified_by":"Will Cotchery, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}