Former Giants’ safety Julian Love reached agreement today on a two-year, $12 million deal with the Seattle Seahawks, per sources. Deal confirmed and negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha. https://t.co/YPeciyCt7d
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 17, 2023
The Seahawks have agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with former Giants safety Julian Love, according to Adam Schefter at ESPN.
Love was a fourth-round pick for New York in the 2019 NFL draft. He played in 64 games with the Giants, posting five interceptions and 18 pass breakups to go withg 291 tackles.
While safety is love on Seattle’s list of needs, Love (24) has the ability to line up all over the place in the backfield, offering depth at multiple postions. He has also consistently earned high tackling grades from PFF, which has been an issue for the Seahawks secondary in recent years.
Love also has experience in a leadership role. Apparently, he wore the green dot for the Giants last season.
Love was New York's "green dot'' player, or the play caller in huddle, among many attributes Seattle likes about him. Seattle just viewed him as a really good player to get who can play a lot of different roles on defense.
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) March 17, 2023
That role was occupied by linebacker Jordyn Brooks in 2022 – another indicator his ACL injury may keep him out into the regular season – or just that they’d prefer to try a new defensive playcaller. Time will tell.
For now, the Seahawks got themselves an extremely versatile defensive piece with just the right mix of youth and experience.
