Over the past couple of seasons regular Field Gulls readers have become familiar with the injury protections of Article 45 of the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement Womens Nazair Jones Jersey , which covers injury..."Over the past couple of seasons regular Field Gulls readers have become familiar with the injury protections of Article 45 of the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, which covers injury protection for players. The Seattle Seahawks have seen the importance of this portion of the CBA come up regarding multiple players, including Cliff Avril and Richard Sherman, with differing outcomes in each. Avril, as has been written about here multiple times, was covered by the injury protection guarantees of the CBA for the 2018 season following the neck injury which ended his playing career. Sherman, on the other hand, ended up signing a new contract with the San Francisco 49ers almost immediately, which eliminated the Article 45 protections put in place when Seattle released him with an injury designation. Those, obviously were last offseason, though the subject has been covered here recently when I looked at how Brock Coyle’s retirement came to be. Coyle, of course, signed with the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent, and after three years with the Hawks signed as a free agent with the 49ers. Unfortunately for Coyle, a spine injury during the opening weekend of the 2018 season led to the end of his career, and he should be eligible for payment under this portion of the CBA in both 2019 and 2020. That all said, as teams and fans move forward towards the 2020 season and the end of the current CBA D.J. Fluker Jersey Green , there have been several topics that have come up regarding items the players could ask for from owners in the next round of negotiations. One noted observer has specifically pointed out the Article 45 injury protections as something worth bringing up in the next round of negotiations. That observer is Jason Fitzgerald, the founder of OverTheCap.com and author of Crunching Numbers, who wrote an article about changes to Article 45 he believes the players could, and should, ask for at the negotiating table. I won’t steal his thunder by simply copying the suggestions he makes about what he believes the players need to ask for, so take a couple of minutes and read his piece. It’s a quick, yet educational read, and fans who enjoy it can take a few minutes to cover the other items he has penned regarding what the players may ask for at the negotiating table. For those who took the time to read the article, here are a couple of quick questions I have regarding your thoughts on subjects Fitzgerald covers. It’s that time of year again, when the Seattle Seahawks trade down to add picks, fan lament the fact they stayed up late only to watch the team trade out of the first round and readers of Field..."It’s that time of year again, when the Seattle Seahawks trade down to add picks, fan lament the fact they stayed up late only to watch the team trade out of the first round and readers of Field Gulls get to test their predictive powers. In short, it’s time for the 2019 Field Gulls Armchair GM Draft Challenge.The rules are simple and easy. You choose twenty draft eligible prospects you believe the Seahawks will select, with each prospect assigned a point value from 30 to 11. If the team actually selects that player at any point in the draft, then you are awarded that number of points, and the entrant with the most points at the end of Day 3 Saturday wins. As always http://www.seahawkslockerroom.com/authentic-will-dissly-jersey , spelling is important because I simply use a “control F” to find the entrants who had a specific player selected. Thus,if you have questions about the correct spelling of a player’s name, the spelling I will use is that from the official NFL draft tracker prospect list.To enter you selections, CLICK HERE to access the Google Form. If at the end of the seventh round of the draft there is a tie between entrants, the winner will be determined by the tiebreakers, and the tiebreakers are determined by the entrant who answered closest. If there are three or more entrants tied prior to addressing the tiebreaker, and two or more of the entrants remain tied after the first tiebreaker, only those entrants who were closest on the first tiebreaker will advance to the second tiebreaker.If two or more entrants remain tied after the second tiebreaker, then everyone loses and I will do a series over the summer that does a play by play breakdown of the 6-6 tie between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals in Week 7 of the 2016 season. Hopefully we are not pushed to this. Entries will be accepted from now through 9 PM Eastern Time (6 PM Pacific Time) on Thursday, April 25, or until the Seahawks make their first selection in the draft, whichever is first. As a reminder, the 2018 challenge was won on a furious Day 3 comeback that led to a tiebreaker victory, so take those tiebreakers and late round picks seriously!If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask away in the comment section. Again, just in case you missed it: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE 2019 FIELD GULLS ARMCHAIR GM DRAFT CHALLENGE ENTRY FORM.