Punter Jon Ryan is the only player on the Seahawks’ roster that predates head coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider in Seattle. And while Ryan and Schneider have a close relationship and work out together at the team’s headquarters throughout the season Bennie Fowler III Jersey , it didn’t stop Schneider from selecting a punter that could eventually supplant Ryan as Seattle’s punter in May’s NFL Draft.

But according to Jayson Jenks of the Athletic, Ryan has no intentions of handing the job to fifth-round pick Michael Dickson.

鈥淸Schneider] had that attitude almost like, 鈥楽orry, but I had to do it,鈥?Ryan said when he first crossed paths with his G.M. after the draft. 鈥淎nd I was like, 鈥楧on鈥檛 apologize! Do not apologize.鈥?This is the business. If all the players got to pick who was on the team every year Adolphus Washington Jersey , we鈥檇 still have the Super Bowl team from five years ago.鈥?/p>

Ryan has been with the Seahawks for 10 seasons after being let go by the Green Bay Packers at the end of training camp in 2008. It was a decision that Schneider had to inform Ryan the Packers were making when Schneider was Director of Football Operations in Green Bay. Now Ryan’s time with the Seahawks is in peril after a decade spent in Seattle.

Barring the occasional unique circumstance, NFL teams only keep one punter and one place kicker on their 53-man roster during the season. And the Seahawks just spent a relatively high draft pick to select a player 15 years younger than Ryan; a player that won MVP honors in the Texas Bowl against the University of Missouri in December.

鈥淚f you let me, I鈥檓 going to compete my ass off, harder than you鈥檝e ever seen,鈥?Ryan told Schneider. 鈥淚 love you. I have so much respect for you. But one way or the other, I鈥檓 going to make you look really dumb.鈥?/p>

Ryan is getting that chance to compete. He’s still on the Seahawks’ roster as the team breaks for six weeks before training camp begins at the end of July. While Dickson can do some impressive things kicking a football Andre Hal Jersey , Ryan has vastly more experiencing holding for place kickers. He’s also thrown a touchdown pass in the NFC Championship game and caught a 109-yard touchdown pass when playing at the University of Regina in Canada.

While kickers can get panned for their perceived lack of athleticism, Ryan doesn’t fit that mold. He can do many things beside punt a football, though he’s still quite good at that as well.

鈥淲e expect him to battle just like he is,鈥?Carroll said during offseason workouts. 鈥淗e has not backed off one moment.鈥?/p>

Rookie Baker Mayfield had an impressive debut for the Browns on Thursday night, but it wasn’t impressive enough to get the Browns to change their plans at quarterback.

“We’re sticking with our plan,” quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese said Sunday Micah Hyde Jersey , via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “Let’s get on with Tyrod as our starter. He’s our guy.” (Curiously, that specific comment didn’t make its way into the “select quotes” the Browns are now distributing from player and coach media availability.)

The Browns repeatedly have said that Taylor will be the starting quarterback, and not just for the start of the season but ideally for the full year. People on the outside are beginning to think that could be a mistake; the real question is whether the people on the inside — specifically, other players — agree.

NFL teams fall into two categories: Those that have a franchise quarterback, and those that are looking for one. The Browns think they’ve found one in Mayfield. So why not use him?

And if they’re not going to use him, why didn’t they draft someone else with the first overall pick Michael Brockers Jersey , like Saquon Barkley?

Eventually, Mayfield will be the guy. The sooner he’s the guy, however, the sooner he’ll begin getting the kind of reps that will allow him to reach his ceiling.

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