Seattle Seahawks: 5 Biggest free agency decisions this offseason
By Samuel Teets
The Seattle Seahawks have several impactful players with expiring contracts. This offseason, they’ll decide who they want to keep, let go and add.
The Seattle Seahawks may have overachieved this season, but they lost a Wild Card game they should have won and will face higher expectations next season. The team has to improve, even if that means adding new talent and letting veterans walk away.
The Seahawks, at least in recent years, have stayed away from signing free agents. They’ve made some bad signings in the past like quarterback Matt Flynn and running back Eddie Lacy, but Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett are both examples of when free agent signings worked out for Seattle.
The way the team is constructed now, it would take two or three years to assemble all of the necessary pieces to be a considerable Super Bowl contender. That process can be expedited if the Seahawks are active in free agency.
Free agency isn’t just about adding new players though. It’s also about retaining current players, and the Seahawks have plenty of key contributors on expiring contracts. Specifically, star defensive end Frank Clark and a couple offensive linemen are all set to be free agents. Those are key players who either need to be replaced or resigned.
Seattle will have to find a way to spend their money wisely and still build up the talent on the team’s roster. That’s often hard to do without letting a few veterans walk away. It will be interesting to see if the Seahawks are ready to make the decisions they’ll need to if they want to get back to the Super Bowl.