### Deep Dive: Seattle Seahawks roster review
#### 1\. New look wide receiver room
While the Seahawks leading receiver from 2024, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, will remain in Seattle fresh off an 1,130-yard season and his first Pro Bowl berth, Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf departed Seattle in the offseason. Lockett signed with the Tennessee Titans, while Metcalf was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. In their place they brought in two veterans, wide receiver Cooper Kupp coming off a 67-catch, 710-yard campaign with the Los Angeles Rams, as well as a familiar face for new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak's offense, Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Valdes-Scantling racked up 17 catches for 385 yards and four touchdowns in eight games with the Saints in 2024 after signing with the team midseason.
#### 2\. Betting on Sam Darnold's breakout year
The Seahawks shook things up at quarterback as well trading quarterback Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders and signing Sam Darnold fresh off a breakout Pro Bowl campaign with the Minnesota Vikings. Darnold completed 66.2% of his passes for 4,319 yards adding 35 touchdowns to 12 interceptions, leading the Vikings to a 14-3 record as the starter. In 2024, Darnold was the most dangerous deep ball thrower in the league, throwing for 1,023 yards on deep passes (20+ air yards), the most in the NFL as well as leading the NFL in deep completions (28) and tied for the most deep TD passes (nine), according to [Next Gen Stats.](https://x.com/NextGenStats/status/1899199788580794542)
#### 3\. Focus on offense in 2025 NFL Draft
The offensive remake did not end in free agency or with coaching changes as the Seahawks used nine of their 11 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft on offensive players. They added North Dakota State offensive lineman Grey Zabel with the 18th pick. In the second and third round they added Miami tight end Elijah Arroyo with the 50th pick and Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe with the 92nd pick.
"It was just the way it happened,'' [Seahawks General Manager John Schneider said](https://www.seahawks.com/video/seahawks-draft-press-conference-we-got-some-really-good-players-to-join-the-team-april-26-2025). "We had some defensive guys that we talked about, had a couple upsets and things started happening. So it was like 'OK, we're going here, we're going here, we're going here.' The offensive guys ended up standing out on our board.''