Devon Witherspoon’s market is set, now that the Rams extended Trent McDuffie for $31 million a year.
A few days after acquiring McDuffie from Kansas City, the Rams gave him a four-year, $124 million deal. That makes him the highest-paid corner in the NFL. Sauce Gardner and Derek Stingley Jr. are next at $30 million a year.
The Seahawks are expected to extend Witherspoon at some point this year, and now they have the number: $32 million a year.
Bryant back?
It sounds like the Seahawks have a shot at bringing back Coby Bryant, something that would be a nice surprise given the pessimistic reports about how far apart they were.
The Rams gave Kam Curl a three-year, $36 million deal — and that is what Bryant’s market has been expected to be. We figured the Hawks would not want to go over $8 million a year, so it will be interesting to see what he gets — and from whom.
Other market projections
Albert Breer of SI.com projects the numbers for a few Seahawks: Riq Woolen at up to $18 million, Kenneth Walker III at perhaps $14 million and Josh Jobe at over $10 million.
Woolen’s projection is what we have thought all along. Walker’s is the top end of what we thought he might get (we have been thinking $12 million). Walker reportedly is considering the New York Giants, Washington and Tennessee. Kansas City and Denver might be interested, too.
As for Jobe, we are among those who have considered him maybe the most likely of Seattle’s main six free agents to return. But will the Hawks want to pay more than $10 million? ESPN’s Brady Henderson had suggested that the team would love to have him at more like $7 million or $8 million.
Boye Mafe is apparently a fallback option for both Philadelphia and Dallas. The Eagles are trying to re-sign Jaelan Phillips, and Dallas reportedly has its sights on Trey Hendrickson after losing out on Maxx Crosby.
The Patriots also are a popular pairing for Mafe, who is being projected to make $12 million to $14 million per year.
What about Shaheed?
Some are projecting Rashid Shaheed to get $18 million a year, but will Las Vegas or another team really want to go that high?
Even if it is more like $15 million, Seattle is likely out. We always thought $10 million to $12 million would be the Hawks’ comfort zone for Shaheed, but it seems pretty doubtful they can keep the star return specialist for that.
Thomas details
Drake Thomas signed a two-year deal worth $4 million a year — exactly what we had expected the RFA to do. The deal reportedly includes just a $1.5 million signing bonus and counts $3.55 million in 2026.
That is about the same as the amount for the right-of-first-refusal tender $3.52 million, and well off the second-round tender of $5.77 million.
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