Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin hasn’t expressed much concern about the pace of negotiations on an extension that would keep him in Seattle beyond the 2016 season, but it seems like things may be picking up on that front.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was asked on Thursday about the chances that the team reaches an agreement with Baldwin before the start of training camp and said that the two sides were “meeting on it right now.” Carroll also said that holding onto Baldwin, who had 78 catches for 1,069 yards and 14 touchdowns last season, is a priority for the organization.
“It is a big deal, and it’s a very serious negotiation as they all are,” Carroll said, via the Seattle Times. “But he’s done an incredible job for us and been a great teammate. Hopefully, eventually, we’ll get something worked out. I hope it happens. The intent is to get him signed and secured for a good while. So we’ll see if we can get that done.”
Baldwin set career highs across the board last season, so the Seahawks would be buying high on an extension at this point. They’ve expressed a desire to see Russell Wilson “really owning the whole football game,” however, and keeping a favored receiver on hand wouldn’t hurt on that front.
