The question was whether the Seahawks could continue to “negotiate” with Josh Brown’s agent regarding a contract extension now that the deadline to sign a deal has passed. The best I can figure out, with the kind assistance of somebody who knows these things (okay, Sando), is that the wording states that the team can not make a “contract offer” until after the last regular-season game. I interpret a contract offer to be different from negotiation. Even if they did continue to talk, though, I can see little reason why it would be on a front-burner until late in the season.

Interestingly, the tender number for a franchise kicker (the salary average of the top five in the league) dropped almost 16 percent this year.

Yes, there is now a limit to the number of times a player may be franchised … twice.

To the question of whether cornerback Marcus Trufant would be a likely candidate to be designated a franchise player next year. The Seahawks paid Trufant a $3 million bonus in April ’04 to activate the sixth-year option on his contract, leaving him under contract through until 2008.

Also, since Brown signed his tender, he is under contract and must report to camp and not just show up for the season as did Walter Jones, who didn't sign the tender until later.