Frank Clark is in no rush to sign a contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks.

Clark wants to become one of the NFL's highest-paid pass rushers and would be fine playing on the franchise tag first.

"I have had several very productive and positive talks with the Seahawks," agent Erik Burkhardt said. "Frank loves it there and believes they'll continue to produce as one of the NFL's dominant defenses even with the departure of many great players. ... Seattle has been very good to him. They've believed in him from the beginning and they've continued to help develop him.

"But the financial goal for players in every major sport now is to get to free agency. It often baffles me how some of these agents do early deals just for the sake of doing a deal. I know that it's football and injury risks are very real, but there's insurance policies to protect players' downsides and risks, along with other measures that we put in place to protect our guys. Just to do an early deal for the sake of doing an early deal doesn't excite us, especially for a guy like Frank who's already a dominant pass-rusher in this league and is just scratching the surface of what he will be."

Clark is in the final season of his rookie contract.