Overview
- Multiple outlets citing NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport say the Seattle Seahawks have offered Devon Witherspoon an extension in the roughly $31–32 million per‑year range and that negotiations are further along for him than for other young corners.
- Those reports, published Wednesday and updated through July 23, indicate Witherspoon is likely to sign first and set the market that Christian Gonzalez and other top corners would chase.
- All reported figures and timing come from media insiders and not from official team announcements, so the numbers and deadline expectations remain unconfirmed.
- Christian Gonzalez is under the Patriots’ control via a fifth‑year option and used limited offseason participation to press for a new deal, a posture that makes his extension dependent on the market established by Witherspoon’s agreement.
- The current benchmark is Trent McDuffie’s $31 million average annual value, so a Witherspoon deal above that mark would directly increase leverage and potential pay for peers such as Gonzalez and Denzel Ward.