The Seattle Seahawks have made the big, if not controversial decision to sign former Detroit Lions first-round cornerback Terrion Arnold, who's currently facing several felony robbery and kidnapping charges. When Arnold was arrested earlier this summer, the Lions wasted little time in releasing the former Alabama star. However, Arnold drew interest from several teams once he was cleared to work (and travel domestically without an ankle monitor), and the Seahawks were among those teams whose initial interest turned into something much more than that.
Even though Arnold's contract is expected to be incredibly cheap, the issue is whether or not he'll be allowed to play in the regular season. The best case scenario is the charges are dropped and the NFL decides not to take further action by suspending him anyway. Either way, Seattle clearly believes Arnold can help a cornerback room that is far from settled with Riq Woolen gone.
It's only sensible to focus on the football side of the Arnold story. What kind of player are the Seahawks getting? Are his penalty issues correctable? What are his strengths? This is where we hit the emergency **** on and paged Ryan Mathews, who's the Senior Editor for Pride of Detroit, the excellent Detroit Lions SB Nation site. They're plugged into the Lions 100 percent of the way, with Jeremy Reisman doing fantastic work as a credentialed Lions reporter.
In a special 5 Qs and 5 As, I asked Ryan about Arnold's time in Detroit, and whether or not the Seahawks made a good acquisition from a football standpoint. All embedded tweets were inserted by us, not by Ryan.
1.) I've harped on this for a bit given how Seahawks fans viewed Riq Woolen's penalty issues before he left for Philadelphia: Terrion Arnold has been flagged 17 times when you count offsetting/declined penalties. He's only played 24 games total. What gives?
#lions #cornerback
Even though Arnold's contract is expected to be incredibly cheap, the issue is whether or not he'll be allowed to play in the regular season. The best case scenario is the charges are dropped and the NFL decides not to take further action by suspending him anyway. Either way, Seattle clearly believes Arnold can help a cornerback room that is far from settled with Riq Woolen gone.
It's only sensible to focus on the football side of the Arnold story. What kind of player are the Seahawks getting? Are his penalty issues correctable? What are his strengths? This is where we hit the emergency **** on and paged Ryan Mathews, who's the Senior Editor for Pride of Detroit, the excellent Detroit Lions SB Nation site. They're plugged into the Lions 100 percent of the way, with Jeremy Reisman doing fantastic work as a credentialed Lions reporter.
In a special 5 Qs and 5 As, I asked Ryan about Arnold's time in Detroit, and whether or not the Seahawks made a good acquisition from a football standpoint. All embedded tweets were inserted by us, not by Ryan.
1.) I've harped on this for a bit given how Seahawks fans viewed Riq Woolen's penalty issues before he left for Philadelphia: Terrion Arnold has been flagged 17 times when you count offsetting/declined penalties. He's only played 24 games total. What gives?
#lions #cornerback
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