Reports coming out that Seattle has signed Earl Thomas to a 4y/$40M contract with over $27M guaranteed. No word on what it's guaranteed against, of course, but this is still a really big contract for a safety, which has the lowest (other than kicker) franchise tag value at $8.5M.

Young guy, great player. Pretty stout build at 1.78m and 92kg. Hasn't missed a game in 3 years so he probably plays this deal out.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...estpaid-safety