Free agent safety Lawyer Milloy plans to play a 16th season in the NFL, Eric Williams of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.
"I had a chance to get back on the field last year, and I had outstanding numbers," Milloy said of his 2010 season with the Seattle Seahawks. "You can put my numbers up to really anybody out there – besides interceptions. I did the dirty work and I did my job. I definitely outworked my pay ($955,000) while making people around me better, and that’s what I do."
After spending his first season with the Seahawks in a reserve role, Milloy started all 16 games in 2010, totaling 88 tackles, four quarterback sacks, and three passes defensed from his strong safety position. Milloy's sack total, which equaled a career-high set in 2004 with the Buffalo Bills, put him in the "20 sack/20 interception" club.
According to my own charting of Seahawks games from 2010 -- for the TNT in the second half of last season -- Milloy was on the field for 1,002 of the team's 1,074 official snaps last season, the third-highest total behind first-round safety Earl Thomas (1,046) and middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu (1,043).
Seattle used a 2010 fifth-round pick on Kam Chancellor, a 6-foot-3, 232-pound safety who primarily played on special teams (11 ST tackles, second on team), but had 12 tackles and a quarterback sack in place of Milloy or in the team's seven defensive back "Bandit" package. Bringing Milloy back wouldn't be a big surprise, but the 37-year-old sounds ready to test the market.
"I’m a free agent, just like anybody else. I’m available to all teams," said Milloy. "That’s the only thing. When I go out, I want to go out fighting for a job. Just like last year when I talked to Pete (Carroll); I don’t want anything handed to me. I want to go out and earn it. And as long as I feel that I can do that and keep my body in shape (I’ll keep playing)."
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He had a bit of a slow start be I think he'll end up as one of the main players of the year.
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