The Seattle Seahawks replaced four key starters who left for a total of over $150 million with new players costing around $18 million guaranteed. General manager John Schneider's strategy could lead to significant savings while maintaining competitiveness.
The Seahawks saved approximately $137 million in guaranteed money by replacing four key players with new signings.
The Seahawks lost Boye Mafe, Kenneth Walker, Coby Bryant, and Riq Woolen to other teams.
The new players' contracts total around $18 million guaranteed, with a maximum value of approximately $36.48 million.
The Seahawks used their first three draft picks and their top free agent signing to address the positions left vacant by the departing players.
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Total money: $60 million. Guaranteed: $19 million. Average Per Year: $20 million.
Total money: $43.05 million. Who is negotiating these extra 50k? Guaranteed: $28.7 million. APY: $14.35 million.
Total money: $40 million. Guaranteed: $25.75 million. APY: $13.3 million.
This is the weird one. One year, $12 million, fully guaranteed. If it matters to anyone, Philadelphia is taking over $8m of the cap hit in a 2027 void year. Over $150 million walked out the door over a three-year period between the four players. In their place are Jadarian Price, Bud Clark, Julian Neal, and Dante Fowler. Understandably this is a little simplistic. They havenāt earned starting roles, itās not as simple as a one-for-one trade out, etc. I get it. But this is as clean a comparison as weāre going to get, and chances are actually better than not that these four do end up as effective replacements for their predecessors during the 2026 season. Here are *their* contracts:
One year, up to $5 million. Official numbers are not released yet, but it will be a maximum of $5m so letās plan on that.
Pick 32 should net a 4-year, $16.78 million deal.
Pick 64 will be about $8 million total, an average of $1.98 million per year.
We will thank Mr. Neal for actually signing his rookie deal already. Nealās contract is $6.69 million total money, $1.3 million guaranteed, and $1.67 million APY. Now for the comparison. Itās not worth doing a true 2026 to 2026 look, because each of the new teams (except for the Eagles) heavily weighted the contracts in the back end. Ken Walkerās is especially interesting, costing just over $5 mil this year and $18 million next season. But across the board, the combo of Mafe, Bryant, Walker and Woolen will make **$73** **million** **guaranteed**. Max value is **$155 million**. Whereas the newcomers Fowler, Price, Neal and Clark should make around **$18 million guaranteed** with a max value of **$36.48 million.** Itās one fourth the cost for four players. This is the turnover in the NFL. Iād argue that Bryant got a strong deal, Walker and Mafe got overpaid, and Woolen got punished for being a loose cannon. Now hereās where it gets interesting. Do you believe that these rookies and Fowler will be one-fourth the players as their counterparts in 2026? Will they be comparable? Even close? Technically, Rashid Shaheed was the teamās most expensive free agent. But heās returning. Besides him, Dante Fowler is the teamās highest-paid acquisition this offseason, and comically at $5 million itās still not that close. The other deals are for 1 or 2 million. The point is this: I canāt recall the last time Seattle (or any NFL team) spent the first three draft picks and their top free agent to literally address the primary positions that left the roster. Itās fascinating. It will be even more so if it works out.