After spending nine seasons with Seattle Seahawks, Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas decided to move on and sign with the Baltimore Ravens back in March. And while Thomas’ exit from Seattle wasn’t on best of terms, the 29-year-old still hopes to wear Seahawks’ uniform once more before ending his career.

During his appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Thomas said that he would like to return to Seattle one day and sign a ceremonial contract which would allow him to retire as a Seahawk.

“I envision myself retiring as a Seahawk,” – Thomas explain. “I would never burn a bridge there. You know, I still love my teammates. I definitely see myself signing maybe a one-day deal, and hopefully, they’ll hang my jersey in the rafters.”

There is plenty of reasons why the Seahawks might decide to honor Earl Thomas’ wishes when the time comes. During his time in Seattle, Thomas established himself as one of the best safeties in the league and helped the organization to win Super Bowl XLVIII. He also added to that six Pro Bowl appearances alongside three All-Pro honors.

Despite their success together, Earl Thomas and Seahawks decided to part ways in this offseason after the two sides couldn’t reach an agreement regarding a new contract. Thomas ended up securing a four-year, $55 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens.

“My feelings towards the organization at the time, I was very heated, very frustrated,” – he added. “But when you look at the blessing that the Ravens organization has believed in me and gave me this mega-deal, I put all the stuff behind me and start to focus immediately on my new teammates and the Ravens organization. But obviously, everything that we’ve been through (in Seattle), everything I gave to that team, I felt kind of disrespected. But I know it’s a business, I know they’ve got other guys they need to pay like Russ [Russell Wilson], Frank Clark, Bobby [Wagner], and they’re very deserving as well.”

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The drama between the Seattle Seahawks and their All-Pro safety Earl Thomas has been well documented. Thomas, who demands a new contract, first skipped the team’s OTAs, then told the team: “pay me or trade me,” and finally missed decided not to show up on the practice last week.

But according to Seahawks’ head coach Pete Carroll, there is no need to worry about this since they are “in a good place” with the 29-year-old.

“Really, we’re way beyond all that stuff,” – Carroll told reporters on Wednesday. “We’ve been working through stuff. We’re going. We’re ready. It’s not even a concern of mine right now. … No, I’m not concerned about it. I think we’re in a good place and we’ve talked through the things we needed to talk through, and we’re moving“

“I’ve tried to convey to you that we have a longtime relationship and we have a good understanding and we communicate really well, and banking on that, we have gotten to the point where I think we’re moving forward in a really positive way,” – he added. “I’m trying to say as little about it as possible.”

While this might just be Carroll trying to put out the fire, Earl Thomas also hinted that the problems between him and the team are a thing of the past. He recently posted a workout video on Instagram alongside the caption: “Getting back to the fundamentals while putting everything that happened in the past behind me.”

Despite all the issues off the field, Thomas opened the 2018 season in a great fashion. After recording an interception in the season opener against the Denver Broncos, he added two more in Seahawks’ win over Dallas Cowboys in Week 3. He added 18 tackles, and four passes defended.

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After spending nine seasons with Seattle Seahawks, Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas decided to move on and sign with the Baltimore Ravens back in March. And while Thomas’ exit from Seattle wasn’t on best of terms, the 29-year-old still hopes to wear Seahawks’ uniform once more before ending his career.

During his appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Thomas said that he would like to return to Seattle one day and sign a ceremonial contract which would allow him to retire as a Seahawk.

“I envision myself retiring as a Seahawk,” – Thomas explain. “I would never burn a bridge there. You know, I still love my teammates. I definitely see myself signing maybe a one-day deal, and hopefully, they’ll hang my jersey in the rafters.”

There is plenty of reasons why the Seahawks might decide to honor Earl Thomas’ wishes when the time comes. During his time in Seattle, Thomas established himself as one of the best safeties in the league and helped the organization to win Super Bowl XLVIII. He also added to that six Pro Bowl appearances alongside three All-Pro honors.

Despite their success together, Earl Thomas and Seahawks decided to part ways in this offseason after the two sides couldn’t reach an agreement regarding a new contract. Thomas ended up securing a four-year, $55 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens.

“My feelings towards the organization at the time, I was very heated, very frustrated,” – he added. “But when you look at the blessing that the Ravens organization has believed in me and gave me this mega-deal, I put all the stuff behind me and start to focus immediately on my new teammates and the Ravens organization. But obviously, everything that we’ve been through (in Seattle), everything I gave to that team, I felt kind of disrespected. But I know it’s a business, I know they’ve got other guys they need to pay like Russ [Russell Wilson], Frank Clark, Bobby [Wagner], and they’re very deserving as well.”

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The drama between the Seattle Seahawks and their All-Pro safety Earl Thomas has been well documented. Thomas, who demands a new contract, first skipped the team’s OTAs, then told the team: “pay me or trade me,” and finally missed decided not to show up on the practice last week.

But according to Seahawks’ head coach Pete Carroll, there is no need to worry about this since they are “in a good place” with the 29-year-old.

“Really, we’re way beyond all that stuff,” – Carroll told reporters on Wednesday. “We’ve been working through stuff. We’re going. We’re ready. It’s not even a concern of mine right now. … No, I’m not concerned about it. I think we’re in a good place and we’ve talked through the things we needed to talk through, and we’re moving“

“I’ve tried to convey to you that we have a longtime relationship and we have a good understanding and we communicate really well, and banking on that, we have gotten to the point where I think we’re moving forward in a really positive way,” – he added. “I’m trying to say as little about it as possible.”

While this might just be Carroll trying to put out the fire, Earl Thomas also hinted that the problems between him and the team are a thing of the past. He recently posted a workout video on Instagram alongside the caption: “Getting back to the fundamentals while putting everything that happened in the past behind me.”

Despite all the issues off the field, Thomas opened the 2018 season in a great fashion. After recording an interception in the season opener against the Denver Broncos, he added two more in Seahawks’ win over Dallas Cowboys in Week 3. He added 18 tackles, and four passes defended.

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