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Eric D. Williams took over the Seahawks beat and Seahawks Insider blog in December. Williams has covered the Seahawks, Sonics and high school sports for The News Tribune since joining the paper in 2006. Eric lives in Tacoma with his wife and two children.

Tacoma News Tribune columnist Dave Boling also contributes to the Seahawks Insider blog.

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Seahawks Insider
Friday, March 6th, 2009
Posted by Eric Williams @ 08:30:21 pm

Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that offensive tackle Ray Willis has re-signed with the Seattle Seahawks. The deal is for two years, but the amount of money has not been disclosed.
The deal has not been confirm by the Seahawks.

Willis, 26, is the first Seattle free agent re-signed by the team. He was drafted by Seattle out of Florida State in the the fourth round of the 2005 draft. Willis started 10 games for Seattle in 2008. And with Walter Jones (microfracture knee surgery), Mike Wahle (shoulder), Sean Locklear (toe) and Chris Spencer (back) all returning from he injured reserve list last season, Willis adds much-needed depth on the offensive line with his ability to play both tackle and guard.

Signing Willis also falls in line with the Seattle's philosophy this offseason of filling needs through free agency, thereby giving the team more flexibility entering the draft.

Willis took visits to Oakland and Washington, but apparently found the best deal back in Seattle.

Categories: NFL free agency
Posted by Eric Williams @ 01:12:40 pm

Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post provides a good update on the Washington Redskins salary cap situation, which could influence whether or not they can sign another offensive lineman like Ray Willis.

Canfora says Washington has roughly $7 million under the salary cap. And they still have to sign other players to fill in depth, along with keeping about $3 million available to sign players when injuries occur during the season.

So it appears Washington might not have enough cap space to bring in an offensive lineman like Willis or Arizona free agent Elton Brown.

Willis visited Washington and Oakland. But the Raiders appear to be interested in offensive tackle Khalif Barnes, but the two sides are still far apart, according to the report. If the Raiders do sign Barnes, at the present time Willis’ options appear to be either in Washington or a return to Seattle.

Categories: NFL free agency