The Seattle Seahawks took the first step in locking up the young talent that has propelled them to the first overall seed in the NFC playoffs. It was announced last week by Ian Rapoport of NFL Network that Seattle and star left tackle Charles Cross had reached a deal on a four-year, $104.4 million contract extension.
The deal places Cross in the upper echelons of his position in terms of annual pay. At $26.1 million per year, he now ranks 4th among left tackles and 5th among all offensive tackles. The logical conclusion most people will come to is that his deal was benchmarked on Christian Darrisaw's extension before this season.