There's no doubt that Seattle Seahawks cornerback Byron Maxwell will draw a large number of potential NFL suitors should he hit free agency this offseason.
With the Seahawks already having handed out major deals to the other members of the "Legion of Boom" defensive backfield - cornerback Richard Sherman and safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor - the likelihood of being able to keep Maxwell in the fold seems slim.
But that may not be how Seahawks GM John Schneider views the situation.
"Based on what the landscape looks like from our eyes, he would be very highly sought after," Schneider told 950 KJR, per the Seattle Times. "Now, are we going to give it a good ride and try to do what we feel is appropriate for our organization and try to keep him? Absolutely. Is it going to be good enough? I can't answer that. I really don't know ... Where his market goes, I think should be extremely high. Whether or not we'll be able to keep him, I'm not sure. But we're going to do whatever we can to try to do that."
The 26 year old Maxwell is in his fourth NFL season after the Seahawks drafted him in the sixth-round out of Clemson. He knows that his value may never be higher and sounds like a guy ready to cash in.
"I'm the prettiest girl at the dance right now," Maxwell said prior to Super Bowl XLIX, per ESPN. "But yeah, it's one of those things I'm excited about it. I would love to be here, but I'm ready to see what's out there and see how things work out."
With a contract extension in the works for quarterback Russell Wilson and the team also looking to lock up linebacker Bobby Wagner and, if he doesn't retire, running back Marshawn Lynch, finding enough money to go around seems like a difficult proposition.
But that doesn't mean Schneider - who seems to be taking a creative approach to Wilson's extension - and the Seahawks are out of the running to retain the cornerback's services.
