Despite Pete Carroll’s wishful thinking, it looks like Earl Thomas probably won’t show up for minicamp in June.
Thomas has told Bradley McDougald he’ll be back — but only “when they get things worked out.”
“He’s let me know that he’ll be back when the time is right and when they get things worked out,” McDougald told John Clayton on 710 ESPN. “That’s his personal business when it comes to his contract and things, but he’s reassured me a couple times that he’ll be back.”
Yeah, but when? It doesn’t look like anything is getting worked out.
Are we entering the final four years of the Pete Carroll/Russell Wilson era? Or just the next four?
Matt Ryan just became the NFL’s first $30 million player, and the handwringing is already beginning about Russell Wilson’s next contract.
We already knew the Seahawks were serious about ditching all distractions this year, and they apparently are poised to drop another.
Richard Sherman apparently gave the Seahawks a second chance, but John Schneider declined to match the 49ers’ offer.
Richard Sherman is gone because John Schneider has drafted poorly and paid too many guys, not because Sherman can’t play anymore.
Pete Carroll has sent his message, accused by some of power tripping, and now some insiders think Russell Wilson is using his own power play to 
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