This offseason, the Super Bowl 60 champion Seattle Seahawks will be making some very difficult decisions.
Free agents like Boye Mafe, Tariq Woolen, Josh Jobe, Coby Bryant, Kenneth Walker, and Rashid Shaheed might not come back for 2026 thanks to some cap restraints. A few can return, but the Seahawks are going to lose some key veterans.
One of those possible departures is, unfortunately, All-Pro wide receiver/returner Rashid Shaheed. As Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated reports, the speedster's free agent market might eclipse $15 million per-year, which is not good news for the Seahawks.
Seahawks get bad news amid $15M Rashid Shaheed contract projection
"Tags going to Pickens and perhaps Alec Pierce have a chance to goose the market for Seattle's Rashid Shaheed, San Francisco's Jauan Jennings, and the Giants' Wan'Dale Robinson," Breer writes. "All three have a shot to get over $15 million per year on new deals..."
With George Pickens and potentially Alec Pierce accepting the franchise tag, the Seahawks trade deadline pickup might be in store for a huge $15 million per-year deal.
He didn't factor into the Seahawks' offense much as a receiver, as he caught just 15 passes for 188 yards in nine games after being picked up in a trade. But, he made his calling card as a returner.
Shaheed, after the Seahawks traded for him, ran back a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown in the regular season. Then, on the opening play of the Seahawks' Super Bowl run, he returned a 99-yard kickoff in the NFC Divisional round for a TD.
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He's an electric playmaker on special teams and would be someone the Seahawks would love to keep if money weren't an issue.
But with Jaxon Smith-Njigba set to receive a mammoth extension, and Devon Witherspoon also in line for a big deal, the Seahawks don't have that much to spend.
This update, with Shaheed slated to make potentially more than $15 million per-year, likely prices the Seahawks out of his market this offseason.
A deal could still get done, as John Schneider could decide that Shaheed is a top priority. But, with such a lofty contract projection with a thin free agent market, it wouldn't be a surprise if Shaheed left the Seahawks this offseason.
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