The one position the Seahawks missed out on in the draft was edge rusher, but there are a bunch of veteran options out there and the Seahawks will backfill Boye Mafe’s position soon enough.

Dante Fowler Jr. is the obvious favorite, simply because he is known to have visited the Seahawks before the draft and has a history with DC Aden Durde. Some expect the signing this week.

In the draft, the Hawks picked Jadarian Price at 32, passing on all of the second-round edge rushers. At 64, Auburn’s Keyron Crawford was a definite option, but Seattle went with Bud Clark instead. There were no edge rushers worth taking at 99, where the team picked Julian Neal.

So it’s on to the vets. Fans also are talking up aging thirtysomethings like Von Miller, Cam Jordan and Jadeveon Clowney as well. There also is scuttlebutt about a trade perhaps this summer, but who would that be?

Miller recently talked about declining Seattle’s offer last year for Washington because he thought Jayden Daniels was a better QB than Sam Darnold. John Schneider said earlier this offseason that he thought Miller was going to sign with Seattle after they met last year. Miller, who had nine sacks at age 36 last season, apparently thinks he might end up back in Denver this year.

Jordan, the Saints’ longtime star, tallied 10.5 sacks at age 36 last season. The Saints seem to be moving on, having traded for Tyree Wilson during the draft and added Anfernee Jennings afterward.

“They made plenty of great moves, and honestly, I hope things do align,” Jordan said. “And if not, I’ll know what the landscape looks like for me in the next week.”

We’re not big on adding aging players, especially legends of other teams (Carl Eller, Franco Harris and Jerry Rice never should have been Seahawks) — but it’s just one year, so whatever.

The Hawks do not seem likely to trade for Kayvon Thibodeaux or any other guy who might cost too much in picks or cash. The Giants reportedly were asking for a 2 for Thibodeaux, who is on the fifth-year option in 2026 at $14.75 million.

We would have been in on the Jonathan Greenard trade. It cost Philly two 3s and $25 million a year for the 29-year-old, who hit 12 sacks in both 2023 and 2024 before a shoulder injury ruined his 2025 season.

But, as Brady Henderson pointed out on Rob Staton’s podcast: (1) Schneider is leery of giving out big contracts to trade acquisitions and (2) the Seahawks might have enough cash left this year for only one more big deal: Devon Witherspoon.

The first point is valid: We have not seen Schneider pay a guy he just traded for since Percy Harvin way back in 2013. He didn’t immediately pay Sheldon Richardson or Duane Brown in 2017, Clowney in 2019, Jamal Adams or Carlos Dunlap in 2020, Leonard Williams in 2023, Ernest Jones in 2024 or Rashid Shaheed in 2025.

As for the second point, the Hawks usually split huge signing bonuses into two parts, putting half in escrow, so we don’t think cash is that big of an issue. If the Hawks want to do another big contract after Spoon – say, extend Williams – it won’t be a problem.  

We think it is more just the price of draft picks. As an example, the Hawks are not going to give up three first-rounders for Myles Garrett or two for Maxx Crosby – if either were on the market. And they wouldn’t give up a 2 or 3 AND pay $14.75 million to Thibodeaux, who will be a free agent in 2027.

The Hawks seem very likely to just add a veteran for 2026 — probably Fowler — and then reset or even overhaul the position in 2027.