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Contracts

$45M in savings; Spoon deal & more business

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Dante Fowler Jr.’s signing for up to $5 million is a heck of a bargain swap for a guy who is at least an even trade for $20 million free-agent loss Boye Mafe.

Fowler’s arrival means all four key free agents who left – Mafe, Kenneth Walker III, Coby Bryant and Riq Woolen – have been replaced by cheaper players who are (or should be) equal to or better than the four who left.

The total APY for the departing four is close to $60 million, while the replacements – Fowler, Jadarian Price, Bud Clark and the corner combo of Julian Neal and Noah Igbinoghene — combine for less than $15 million. That is some great budgeting by John Schneider and cap guy Joey Laine.

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Minicamp, NFL draft

Here’s hoping Hawks are right about Price

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Jadarian Price was considered a small reach at 32 by a handful of NFL executives, in an informal survey this week by ESPN’s Seth Walder.

That’s how we saw it, too. We think John Schneider, if his feet were held to the coals, would agree. After all, he said he tried to trade down and pick Price a few spots later.

Brady Henderson of ESPN said the board forced the Hawks’ hand a bit, because there was a three-round gap between Price and the next running back on Seattle’s list.

But, we’re not here to quibble about the value of the pick. We are focused on whether Price will be right for Seattle – which has a decade-long history of its top running backs getting injured.

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Free agency, Schedule

Which 2026 opponents can beat the Hawks right now?

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A lot of people who are not really in the know think the Seahawks have taken a step back this offseason – because they didn’t make any major additions after losing their starting running back and free safety, their third corner and their fourth edge rusher.

But they added players at three of those positions to fill the gaps and still have three picks in the first two days of the draft to augment as well. Like every other team, the 2026 Seahawks are not complete.

Even as they stand now, though, the Hawks are good enough to beat every team in the NFL on the way to another Super Bowl. The Rams are the only team that some think are better, which is completely fair to say after the Rams addressed their major weakness by trading for cornerback Trent McDuffie and also signing fellow Chiefs cornerback Jalen Watson.

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Contracts, Free agency

Good first day as Hawks keep Shaheed, Jobe

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The first day of free agency went better than expected for the Seahawks, who managed to keep both Josh Jobe AND Rashid Shaheed.

The latter was a nice surprise, as the Seahawks stunningly paid market value to keep their superstar return man. On the other side, they kept Jobe at their price – a little lower than his projected market value.

Shaheed was, in our estimation, Seattle’s top priority among its six big free agents. The fact that John Schneider and company chose to give him a three-year, $51 million deal ($17 million per year) is proof that they valued him very highly.

Jobe is back on a three-year deal as well, at $8 million a year.

As expected, the Hawks lost Kenneth Walker III, Coby Bryant and Boye Mafe. They all got paid very well. Mafe got a shocking $20 million a year from Cincinnati, Walker got over $14 million from Kansas City, and Bryant got over $13 million from Chicago.

Let’s take a look at how these moves impact the Seahawks’ roster and coming moves.

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Free agency, NFL draft

Hawks won’t get four 3s; here’s how comp game likely plays out

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With the Seahawks expected to lose as many as five top free agents, we said earlier this week that it looked like John Schneider seemed prepared to play the comp game.

Fans have started dreaming about having a basket of third-round picks in 2027, while others (us included) point out that Schneider has never done well with comp picks.

Let’s take a look at what the comp options might be and then how Schneider has used them in the past and how he might be able to use them this year (despite not getting them until next year).

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Free agency

Shaheed testing market; Greenard an edge option?

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As free agency looms ever closer, the scuttlebutt is heating up and the drama is building.

The latest for the Seahawks, based on various reputable reports:

  • Rashid Shaheed is their top priority, but they have not offered enough to keep him from testing the market.
  • Kenneth Walker III could get as much as $16 million a year.
  • Tyler Allgeier is indeed on Seattle’s radar as a possible replacement for Walker and the injured Zach Charbonnet.
  • At pass rusher, a cheaper option than Maxx Crosby may have emerged.

Let’s break it down.

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Contracts, Free agency, Trades

The expected plan: Shaheed, trades, comp picks, extensions

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With more intel and scuttlebutt emerging from the Combine, we think we have a good idea how John Schneider and the Seahawks are going to approach the new league year next week.

All signs point to Kenneth Walker III leaving Seattle along with Riq Woolen, Coby Bryant and Boye Mafe. Some fans are wondering why the team would not want to pay them top dollar when the Seahawks have the sixth-most salary cap space in the NFL: “Why not pay them all and run it back with the same crew?”

It is simple: The Seahawks have to plan beyond 2026, and they have better needs and desires for that cap space.

In a nutshell, here’s how we think it is going to play out:

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Contracts, NFL Combine

Hawks seem ready to replace Woolen, Bryant and Walker

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While John Schneider is staying pretty tight-lipped, as usual, about the Seahawks’ personnel plans, we have heard enough scuttlebutt from the Combine to have a pretty decent idea what is going to happen over the next couple of weeks.

For one, the draft lines up very well where the Seahawks might need to replace some guys – and the Hawks have been meeting with a bunch of prospects who could fit.

Two, we now have a very good idea where Schneider and the team stand on Kenneth Walker III – it is basically what we expected.

Three, we know a bit more about how and why the Hawks probably are going to handle extensions for Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon Witherspoon.

Let’s break it all down, using intel offered up by ESPN’s Brady Henderson and others.

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Contracts, NFL Combine

Combine week means time to get down to business

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It’s Combine week. And you know what that means: While the scouts are checking out the draft prospects, a bunch of bigger business is being done behind the scenes in Indianapolis.

A year ago, John Schneider was listening to trade offers for DK Metcalf while trying to get a deal done with Geno Smith’s agents (and declining a trade offer from Pete Carroll’s Raiders).

A few days after the Combine, Schneider traded both Metcalf and Smith and quickly pivoted to Sam Darnold and Cooper Kupp in the first week of free agency.

Nothing so drastic and dramatic is expected this week, although you can bet Schneider will check with the Raiders about Maxx Crosby again. He reportedly offered Smith and Metcalf for Crosby just before making the separate trades to Las Vegas and Pittsburgh a year ago.

Beyond that, Schneider and his guys will figure out the markets for Kenneth Walker III, Rashid Shaheed and their other free agents.

Last year, Schneider and team contract negotiator Joey Laine got both Ernest Jones IV and Jarran Reed re-signed just before the league year began. They surely hope to keep a couple more guys this time as well.

Here’s the latest.

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Coaches, Contracts

Savvy coaching moves, plus markets for Walker & others

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The offseason comes fast for Super Bowl champs, but Mike Macdonald and John Schneider were ready for it.

The Super Bowl celebration is over, and Macdonald is already back to Chasing Edges with some new coaching hires. Meanwhile, in what is no surprise, the Seahawks apparently are not considering the franchise tag for Kenneth Walker III.

Let’s run down the intriguing coaching moves by Macdonald and then take a look at Walker’s situation and project the markets for Seattle’s other key free agents.

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