To paraphrase the great philosopher LL Cool J, don't call it a holdout. What is happening with Seattle [Seahawks rookies Nick Emmanwori](https://12thmanrising.com/seahawks-nick-emmanwori-comments-prove-seattle-was-right-all-along) and Elijah Arroyo isn't that. The two players might not show up at training camp as they haven't yet signed their rookie contracts, but it's because they can't.
Neither can the team fine nor discipline the player for not being at camp. It is difficult to do that when the player isn't officially getting paid. We can blame this mess on the Houston Texans.
Early this offseason, the Texans made the unprecedented move of fully guaranteeing their second-round draft pick's (Jayden Higgins) contract. While first-rounders getting fully guaranteed deals is nothing new, second-rounders getting the same is.
Nick Emmanwori and Elijah Arroyo are giving the Seattle Seahawks headaches
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After Higgins, the number 34 pick in the draft, and the second pick in the second round, got his full guarantee, the Cleveland Browns then gave Carson Schwesinger, the first choice in the second round, a fully guaranteed contract. There will be pressure on every other second-rounder now yet signed (which is all of them except Higgins and Schwesinger) to wait for fully guaranteed deals, too.
The Seahawks come into play next. Safety Emmanwori was the third pick in the second round (No. 35 overall), so every NFL agent and team will be watching what happens in his situation. The trick is that the only wiggle room a player and agent have is how much of the rookie contract is guaranteed.
Every draft selection in any given draft currently has a slotted amount they _could_ get paid. For instance, if a player were to be chosen at number 83, their slotted amount is $5.72 million over four years. A team could make only a part of that guaranteed, though, so the player might never see all of that.
Most likely, Emmanwori and Arroyo want to practice in training camp as they are ultimately hurt by not being able to do drills. As rookies, their growth and ability to learn the scheme are slowed by their absence. For an agent, this matters not. They want their client to get fully guaranteed so that the client makes a certain amount of money, too.
There is also probably no reason to stress too much as a Seahawks fan about Nick Emmanwori [and Elijah Arroyo not](https://12thmanrising.com/seahawks-elijah-arroyo-selection-puts-noah-fant-thin-ice) playing this season, or even missing much of training camp. They need to practice and prove to the team that they should get a bunch of snaps as early as Week 1. Their signing with the team prior to training camp would not be surprising.
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