Jared had his second visit with the Seahawks on Thursday. Reports broke in the afternoon that he and the Super Bowl champs had reached a deal, but those were backpedaled on quicker than Richard Sherman on Michael Crabtree.

Jared left Seattle without a deal. For the 2nd time.



Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that JA will take the weekend to mull over the Seahawks offer.

So bottom line is story on Jared Allen signing was premature. Will take the weekend. Obviously, he didn't get a huge contract offer. — Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) March 20, 2014

No report on what Seattle’s offer was. My over/under would be $5.5M per season on a 2-year deal. But it’s all speculation at this point.

IF I were a gambling man, I’d wager it was below DeMarcus Ware’s deal (3-years, $30M – $20M gtd) and above Justin Tuck’s (2-year, $11M – $5M gtd). Going out on a limb, I know, but I’ll give you even money. (IF I were a gambling man)

My guess is that their offer is similar to the one they threw at Michael Bennett in the 2013 offseason, 1-year, $5M. Any offer with more money/years and Jared would have signed it by now. The seats in musical chairs is drying up and the drunken sailor money was gone days ago. Time to grab what you can while the grabbin’s good, Jared.

Plus if 69 does land with the defending champs, that’ll be another case of the Rich getting Richer.

It’d be like if Paul Allen won Quicken/Warren Buffett’s Billion Dollar Bracket challege. Redonkulous.

For Edge Rushers, they’d have: Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett, Bruce Irvin, and Jared Allen.

All hunting your QB. All fresh in the 4th quarter because they rotate. Heck, maybe all four of them on the field at the same time on passing downs.

Sickening.

Even if it IS for less than he deems to be “fair value”, if Jared wants to continue to play it’s the best spot for him.

Because he’s not getting any younger. But by becoming a situational pass rusher with Seattle, he can save his body by not having to play the run as a 3-down DE. And they can let him lose on passing downs and let him hunt the QB – something he still does at a very high level (45.5 sacks in the past 3 seasons).

He can continue his assault on the all-time sack list – currently 12th with 128.5 (Bruce Smith leads with 200 (TWO HUNDRED!!!)). Play out his last few years in the fun, competitive environment Pete Carroll has fostered in the Northwest. And chase that ever elusive Super Bowl ring to put an exclamation point on a first ballot Hall of Fame career. The novel writes itself.

We Vikings fans knew this day was coming. Where our beloved Jared Allen would don the colors of another team (or none at all) in 2014. But now it’s closer than ever to reality.

You’ll be missed, Jared and if you do end up signing with Seattle…

…We’ll see you in the NFC Title Game.

Bring it, Jared. We right here.

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