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Seattle Seahawks: Pete Carroll Proposing Expensive Option for Punt Returner

With the departure of wide receiver and punt-returner Golden Tate, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has to explore options on who will fill Tate’s punt-return role this season.

One of the more expensive options Carroll is tossing around is safety Earl Thomas, who just signed a four-year, $40 million contract extension, making him one of the highest-paid players on the team.

Reported by via NFL.com, Carroll told reporters…

At the opening of Seahawks OTAs on Tuesday, Carroll told reporters that All-Pro safety Earl Thomas would handle punt-return duties if the season started today. Carroll added that Percy Harvin, Richard Sherman and Bryan Walters were also potential options to replace Tate, who was back on every punt but one in 2013.

Fortunately, the NFL official season doesn’t start today, so talk of  high-priced players such as Thomas and Sherman returning punts is probably just talk. Harvin, in my opinion, would be the ideal player to fill Tate’s shoes. That’s if he can stay healthy.

Photo: Brad Penner, USA Today

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