Ty Law

I think there is some growing sentiment that no one wants to hear about Ty Law anymore. The worst thing is that everyone tries to use his last name in some clever phrase. We get it, his last name is law, which is also a fairly common word.

I think what we need to realize is that Ty Law is playing a game. He knows he is the top free agent still available and he can use that as leverage while he waits for someone to have a cornerback go down with an injury. The longer his saga goes on, the Seahawks are the team likely to keep losing interest depending on the development of Kelly Jennings. However, the other teams are not going to lower their offer for Law. The Chiefs are not magically going to grow a cornerback in Arrowhead. Arizona is now in the mix because Antrel Rolle has been slow coming back from his knee injury and they also have a ton of cap space. The team that gets Law will be the one that offers the most money and with everyone (except Tennessee) having ample cap space, it is going to be the team that is the most desperate. We should be glad that is not the Seahawks. Carl Poston (Law's agent) thinks a deal will happen in the next 7-10 days and he is facing surgery for a ruptured achilles he suffered in a basketball game. It appears it is down to Arizona, Kansas City and New England. The front office in Arizona is likely to shell out the most money, so hopefully Law will sign there within the week and we can stop talking about him. It would also make it fun to watch Hasselbeck burn him a few times during the season. The only bad thing is that once Ty Law signs, Ahmed Plummer will be the top free agent. The same teams will have the same concerns at cornerback (sans whoever signs Law) and people we start arguing about Plummer's merits as well as his health, on and off the field attitude and whether he is asking for too much money.

So, I am going to pretend Ty Law is no longer a free agent and be one of the first. Ahmed Plummer was a promising player. He is 30 years old and has had some injury concerns the past two seasons. He did not play with the same intensity after he landed a big contract in SF. He did however suffer from being on a terrible team. Julian Peterson had a couple of tough years the past two seasons in SF as well. Plummer has visited the Titans and the Raiders are reportedly interested, but he took a physical with the Titans back at the start of May and may very well not be healthy. For the Seahawks, he could be an alright player that might get back to the form that made him a first round pick and once promising player. There is no reason to think though that he would be any better than Kelly Jennings or Kelly Herndon. Like those two, he is also in the 5"10"-5'11" range. The big upside to Plummer is that he will likely be signed to something close to a minimum veteran contract. However, we would be wiser to keep a promising young corner like Jordan Babineaux than to give up a roster spot to Plummer.