The Seattle Seahawks haven’t had the flashiest offseason, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been productive.
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During Wednesday’s Blue 88 segment on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk, former NFL quarterback Brock Huard outlined three “clear objectives” the reigning Super Bowl champions have been living by this offseason.
Keep money for JSN and Witherspoon extensions
As budding superstars who are both heading into the final year of their rookie deals, NFL receiving leader Jaxon Smith-Njigba and three-time All-Pro cornerback Devon Witherspoon are both in line for massive contract extensions from the Seahawks.
And Seattle has done well to position itself to get those two deals done this offseason. According to Over The Cap, the Seahawks still have the seventh-most salary cap space available for the 2026 season at roughly $39.3 million.
“We are keeping money here to pay JSN and Spoon,” Huard said. “… We’re gonna work our tails off (to get a deal done), because it’d be more advantageous to get it done now than it would be a year from now.”
Accumulate 2027 comp picks
The Seahawks currently hold just four picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, but it’s shaping up to be a much different story for 2027.
After losing running back Kenneth Walker III, edge rusher Boye Mafe, safety Coby Bryant and cornerback Riq Woolen in free agency, Seattle is currently projected to receive four compensatory picks for the 2027 draft, according to Over The Cap. (Compensatory picks are awarded to teams who lost more qualifying free agents than they gained during the previous offseason.)
Those four 2027 compensatory picks would be in addition to the eight 2027 draft picks the Seahawks already hold. And with the 2027 draft class widely regarded to be stronger than the 2026 draft class, it certainly makes sense to accumulate 2027 draft capital.
“We’re not gonna take the risk of losing (those 2027 comp picks),” Huard said. “We love that draft and we love the depth in it. And the cycle of where we’re at contractually, it’ll work well.”
Stay young
The Seahawks won a Super Bowl this past season with a roster that had a snap-weighted age of 26.1 years, which was the fourth-youngest of any team in the NFL, according to FTN Fantasy. (Snap-weighted average age factors in how many snaps each player plays, so it provides a more accurate representation than simply looking at a team’s overall average age.)
It’s clear Seattle is operating with the goal of keeping as much of its young core together as possible. While four of their six most notable unrestricted free agents signed elsewhere, the Seahawks are still on track to bring back nearly their entire starting lineup on both sides of the ball – in addition to the vast majority of their backups and special teamers.
“It has been a priority to still stay incredibly young,” Huard said. “Almost everybody is in their 20-somethings. They want this team to keep growing together. They want to be young, and they want to be hungry, and they want to draft, and they want to develop. And that’s why those 12 picks are important in 2027. They have kept a very youthful demeanor to them.”
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