{"id":9304,"date":"2016-12-30T17:32:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=9304"},"modified":"2016-12-30T17:53:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:53:42","slug":"michael-bennett-receives-contract-extension-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2016\/12\/30\/michael-bennett-receives-contract-extension-seahawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bennett Receives Contract Extension With Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seahawks defensive end\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BennMi99.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Bennett<\/a><\/strong> has reportedly agreed to a three-year contract extension with his team. Bennett has been with the Seahawks since 2013, but he was originally signed by the team as an un-drafted free agent in 2009. He voiced his frustration with his current contract last off-season. He backed up that frustration with solid play and grit. Even though a knee injury left him on the sideline for five weeks this season, he has been productive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Seahawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Seahawks<\/a> have agreed to three-year contract extension with Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Bennett, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/814876301848813569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Michael Bennett Receives Contract Extension With Seahawks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is Bennett&#8217;s fourth\u00a0season with the Seahawks. The 31-year-old\u00a0one of the better defensive ends in football and is well deserving of the extension. Earlier this season, he suffered a knee injury against the Atlanta Falcons that required surgery. He was out for five weeks but he still has four sacks on the season. One of those sacks was during the Christmas Eve loss to the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett may not be in the news as often as his teammate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2016\/12\/30\/new-york-jets-week-17-keys-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Sherman<\/a><\/strong>, but he plays a valuable role on one of the premier defenses in the league. He has now been selected to the pro bowl twice and the extension is well deserved.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett has over year remaining on his current contract but general manager <strong>John<\/strong> <strong>Schneider <\/strong>decided to pay him now. Per NFL insider <strong>Ian<\/strong> <strong>Rapoport<\/strong>, this is the first time the Seahawks have given a player an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/814891172858646530\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extension<\/a> with this much time remaining on their contract.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett&#8217;s new deal is for $31.5 million over three years. This includes $17.5 million in guarantees. He previously\u00a0agreed to his current contract in 2014 and it was for four years and $28.5 million with $16 million in guarantees. The timing couldn&#8217;t have been any better.\u00a0While it&#8217;s been in the works for weeks, the holiday season is coming to a close and this is a nice vote of confidence in Bennett&#8217;s ability before the Seahawks prepare for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/503293840\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/503293840?et=5j_abyASQcZLxQJeG7Fdug&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=jNi84YPvw9t1On_kbs8uhPOxf9FEjy2EFu-wRXANbLg=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seahawks defender Michael Bennett has agreed to the terms for a three-year contract extension. 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