The Seahawks retained another of their defensive linemen in free agency when they re-signed Tony McDaniel, 29, Wednesday a two-year contract for $6.3 million, according to multiple media reports. He was rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 3 available interior lineman. Clint McDonald, who left Seattle for Tampa Bay Tuesday, was rated No. 10.

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Golden Tate said all the right things about wanting to remain with the Seahawks, even offering a hometown discount in the first few days after the Super Bowl. But the fourth-year wide receiver out of Notre Dame was seduced by Detroit's cash and five-year commitment Wednesday and signed with the Lions. Tate told ESPN that the deal was for $31 million with $13.25 million guaranteed.

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According to Albert Breer of the NFL Network, the Seahawks released defensive end Chris Clemons Wednesday, a move that will save the club $7.5 million in cap room. Clemons recorded 39 sacks during his three years (2010-13) with Seattle but only six last year as a 32-year-old. The release of Clemons, acquired by the Seahawks in a 2010 trade with Philadelphia, had been anticipated.

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The Seahawks will take a visit Wednesday from free agent TE Jermichael Finley, who underwent spinal fusion surgery as a Green Bay Packer in November, according to several published reports. That could mean contract restructuring with TE Zach Miller, whose $7 million cap hit makes him vulnerable to being cut, is not be going well.

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With Michael Bennett secured over the next four years for $28.5 million ($16 million guaranteed), or $4 million less than $32 million the Chicago Bears were willing to pay, the Seahawks face the disposition of their remaining marquee free agents, principally wide receiver Golden Tate, defensive tackle Tony McDaniel, and kicker Steven Hauschka.

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When Michael Bennett was asked recently whether in his free agency he would give the Seahawks a hometown discount to re-sign with the Super Bowl champions, he responded rather defiantly in the negative, saying no, "This isn't Costco."

I thought at the time, "Well, actually, it is like Costco. The Seahawks buy their defensive linemen in bulk. They use a lot of them, so the cost per unit purchased is less expensive. If a manufacturer thinks he has a high-end appliance worth more per unit than Costco would pay, he can sell it to Albert Lee. But if he wants to move product . . . "

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Michael Bennett isn't going anywhere.

The Seahawks and Bennett agreed to a reported four-year, $28.5 million deal Monday that includes $16 million in guaranteed money. As a defensive end and tackle last season, Bennett played in every game and led the Seattle with 8.5 sacks, 25 quarterback hits and added 31 tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. 

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Brad Biggs of The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Chicago Bears are in "strong pursuit" of free-agent defensive end Michael Bennett and that other clubs interested in Bennett expect him to land in the Windy City, where his brother, Martellus, is a tight end. An unrestricted free agent, Bennett led the Seahawks with 8.5 sacks last season and is one of their top offseason priorities.

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Former Seahawk DE Red Bryant, cut loose by the Super Bowl champions Feb. 28 in order to save $5.5 million in salary cap space, has agreed to a four-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to ESPN's Adam Scheffer. Bryant, who also attracted interest from the Kansas City Chiefs, will be reunited with former Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, Jacksonville's head coach.

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To little surprise, DE Michael Bennett, the Seahawks' top free agent, will enter the NFL market starting Saturday rather than accept the team's pre-market offer. He played on a one-year deal worth $5 million last season, when he led Seattle with 8.5 sacks.

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The NFL has reinstated former Pro Bowl cornerback Brandon Browner, an unrestricted free agent who played eight games for the Seahawks in 2013 before his second suspension in two years. The question is whether the Seahawks should attempt to re-sign Browner or wash their hands of him.

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CB Brandon Browner, a key figure in the Seahawks' "Legion of Boom" now a free agent, wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday that he was reinstated by the NFL after receiving a suspension late last season that would have lasted through 2014.

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Sporting reflective Oakley M-Frame sunglasses, a ballcap and a red, white and blue uniform, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson practiced with the Texas Rangers Monday at the team's spring training complex in Surprise, AZ.

Wilson took ground balls with a flat training mitt designed to teach infielders soft hands. He practiced his underhand flip to shortstops covering second, turned double plays and shagged fly balls. He watched from the dugout while the Rangers lost 6-5 to Cleveland in a Cactus League game.

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The Super Bowl champion Seahawks Friday released wide receiver Sidney Rice and defensive end Red Bryant, the club's first salary-cap casualties. Their imminent departures were reported last week as the club freed up $12.8 million under the NFL's cap, which has been reported to be set at $133 million for 2014, an increase of nearly $10 million over 2013.

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According to a report Thursday by The Washington Post’s Mark Maske, who received his information from a league source, the NFL is strongly considering expanding its postseason field to 14 teams by 2015. Owners might even vote on the proposal next month during the league’s annual meetings in Orlando, FL.

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Name the only city in America to simultaneously feature the single-season MLB record holder in base hits and the single-season NFL record holder in touchdowns. Many in these parts will know the answer is Seattle, for the period 2004-05, when Ichiro, with 262 hits for the Mariners in 2004, and Shaun Alexander, with 28 TDs for the Seahawks in 2005, were both in their prime.

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If you can't get enough of the palace intrigue in the 49ers' principality, you must be a Seahawks fan. The region-wide giggle-fest is beginning to show on seismometers. A Beat Quake.

Or if you prefer psychology to geology, the term is scha·den·freu·de (shahd-n-froi-duh), noun: Satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.

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Saying he was "following God," former San Diego State running back Adam Muema left before working out at Sunday's NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis.

Muema, a projected middle-to-late round pick in May's NFL Draft, said God told him he would end up on the Seahawks if he skipped the event.

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