The sides are ironing out a deal but a deal is not done yet. It almost certainly will be, however. John Clayton is reporting that the deal is for four years at $3 million per year.

Even if this gets done tonight, Shaun is not going to be cut tonight. He may be released soon, but this doesn't necessarily have to be a one-for-one deal. The Hawks don't have to cut Shaun to sign Jones.

Still, it certainly raises the question of why the Seahawks would hang onto Shaun. I called his agent's office and they are currently not accepting phone calls.

Mo Morris has not been told that he will be released, so I think for now he is safe. He has only one year remaining on his deal anyway, so it would not make much sense to cut him. The interesting part is that Jones and Morris have strikingly similar numbers. The year that Jones rushed for 1,000 yards in Dallas, he averaged only 4.1 yards a carry. Morris averaged 3.8 in 2006 and 4.5 in 2006.

Also, several folks have asked about the progress of the Marcus Trufant negotiations since he made the new proposal to Tim Ruskell. My understanding is that it has not progressed anywhere. Of course, Ruskell has been busy with signing Duckett and now Jones, so his attention has been elsewhere. Imagine if he gets the Trufant deal done in the next few days and releases Alexander, he will have cleared $10 million in cap space in one swell foop.