The Seattle Seahawks have offered wide receiver David Moore an original seventh round tender, according to a tweet by The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar and later confirmed by Brady Henderson of ESPN.
The tender will pay Moore $2.13 million dollars in 2020. However, with an original round tender, other teams can sign the 2017 seventh round pick to an offer sheet. If the Seahawks decline to match the offer, they would receive a seventh round pick from that team in return.
The Seahawks have given WR David Moore an original-round tender as a restricted free agent, per source. That means they'd get a seventh-round pick if another team signs Moore to an offer sheet that the Seahawks declined to match. @MikeDugar first reported Moore's RFA tender.
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) March 16, 2020
Moore, 25, had just 17 receptions for 301 yards and two touchdowns last season, despite appearing in 14 games.
Those numbers represent a significant drop from his performance in 2018, and with Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf entrenched as the team’s top two wideouts, Moore will, at best, be competing for a spot as the team’s No. 3 receiver if he is retained.
Seattle opted to sign Josh Gordon in the middle of last season, and after he was released the team turned to Malik Turner and Jaron Brown to handle more of the No. 3 receiver duties, so there’s no guarantee that Moore will earn that role again in 2020, even if the team doesn’t make any other moves at wide receiver.
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