{"id":864553,"date":"2026-08-20T04:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864553\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:08:10","slug":"will-the-seahawks-ever-finalize-their-agreement-to-sign-terrion-arnold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864553\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Seahawks ever finalize their agreement to sign Terrion Arnold?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been six days since the Seahawks reached an agreement to sign cornerback Terrion Arnold. They\u2019ve yet to sign him.<\/p>\n

Now that the Seahawks have signed cornerback Trevon Diggs, it\u2019s more than fair to wonder whether the Seahawks will ever be consummating the Arnold deal.<\/p>\n

As one league source explains it \u2014 and as comments from G.M. John Schneider<\/a> in the second episode of Hard Knocks made clear \u2014 the Seahawks believed when they reached an agreement with Arnold that he\u2019d be available to participate in practices and games in the preseason. The Seahawks have since learned that he won\u2019t be available to do anything if\/when he\u2019s signed, since he\u2019ll immediately be placed on paid leave.<\/p>\n

So where\u2019s the benefit in signing him? Yes, they\u2019d secure dibs on his rights if\/when he\u2019s cleared to play. But they could always sign him later, once the eight felony charges are resolved and Arnold can return to the league.<\/p>\n

At this point, they\u2019re kicking the can. It\u2019s possible that they\u2019re simply waiting until the preseason ends, when they\u2019d cut a player and put Arnold on the 90-man roster until he\u2019s sent to the Commissioner Exempt list. Even then, Arnold wouldn\u2019t be available to play until he\u2019s removed from paid leave, and until he serves any suspension that could be added to the time he misses with pay.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unknown when the criminal case will end. His next court appearance is set for October 5, and there\u2019s no trial date. It\u2019s hard to imagine the case ending before the conclusion of the 2026 season, if it goes to a full-blown trial.<\/p>\n

A plea deal is always possible. But the league would then figure out Arnold\u2019s punishment, if any, after the plea is finalized. Is it possible he\u2019d be available late in the season? Sure. Again, they could sign him then, without paying him until that day arrives.<\/p>\n

Of course, Arnold could choose if\/when he\u2019s cleared to return to sign with another team. That\u2019s the biggest risk the Seahawks would take if they don\u2019t sign him. With the date on which the Seahawks would realize a reward for having Arnold on the team currently murky at best, they may decide to save the money they\u2019d spend on paying Arnold to not play and wait to sign him once he\u2019s able to practice and play.<\/p>\n

Again, Schneider called the allegations as outlined by The Athletic \u201cvery shocking<\/a>.\u201d No amount of references from Nick Saban or former teammates will change the possibility that prosecutors will prove Arnold\u2019s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n

If that happens, Arnold may not be available to play for the Seahawks or anyone else. Ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been six days since the Seahawks reached an agreement to sign cornerback Terrion Arnold. They\u2019ve yet to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-864553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}