Free Agents - Cap Space - who stays, who's gone

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Shaheed is going to be very cuttable after two seasons.

[Donn Beach]

We've seen this before, but I still forget. Those numbers you hear sound like a lot, but as always
the NFL is controlled by elitist oligarchs that have all the cards on their side. These young guys
have short careers and everybody has their hand out. Not the least of it being the IRS and guys
like Bob Fergasun.

Yeah, these guys have worked their asses off their whole lives for this, their second contract is their one shot. Get all you can, they don't owe us a thing.

[Donn Beach]

Shaheed is going to be very cuttable after two seasons.

They all are, it's the way JS writes contracts. Darnold would be very cuttable.

[Michael K.]

We've seen this before, but I still forget. Those numbers you hear sound like a lot, but as always
the NFL is controlled by elitist oligarchs that have all the cards on their side. These young guys
have short careers and everybody has their hand out. Not the least of it being the IRS and guys
like Bob Fergasun.

The market resets like every damn day! LOL. The way the salary cap increases, these contracts are really not ever as big of a deal as we seem to think. Which is why the Rams are able to remain competitive. It wasn't that long ago we resigned everyone, whiffed in the draft, and went from the best and one of the youngest teams in the league to an average aging team. I think JS learned from that.

And Fuck Turd Ferguson!

[Sibelius Hindemith]

See Chargers are signing Biadiaz to a 3 year deal. I thought they'd of been the favorites for Lindenbaum. Guess that's 1 more team out of the running. You know damn well he ain't going to NY. If JS ain't gonna throw big money at K9 or Shaheed might as well beef up your OL with a stud like Lindenbaum. I mean seriously he's gotta put that money somewhere.

The Linderbomb has detonated over Las Vegas. So what are you gonna do now?

[trharder]

We've seen this before, but I still forget. Those numbers you hear sound like a lot, but as always
the NFL is controlled by elitist oligarchs that have all the cards on their side. These young guys
have short careers and everybody has their hand out. Not the least of it being the IRS and guys
like Bob Fergasun.

The market resets like every damn day! LOL. The way the salary cap increases, these contracts are really not ever as big of a deal as we seem to think. Which is why the Rams are able to remain competitive. It wasn't that long ago we resigned everyone, whiffed in the draft, and went from the best and one of the youngest teams in the league to an average aging team. I think JS learned from that.
And Fuck Turd Ferguson!

I posted my exact above statement (minus Fergason) on the Seahawks Reddit sub re. Shaheed's contract and it go downvoted to oblivion.
I guess libtard Seahawk fans prefer to think of NFL players as ridiculously rich.
Literally, the guaranteed money is the only number that matters. Basically, you'd take the guaranteed number, divide by two, and this
is what you will get paid - MINUS 30% taxes. Minus 10-20% agent. Minus your family and friends all expecting a taste...
NFL owners are wealthy, NFL players are momentarily rich on paper.

[D-train]

There's a few guys out there seemingly flyer worthy. Keaton Michael, more depth piece possibly. Someone MM be familiar with

An ACL tear cut his rookie season short and limited his playing time in 2024. Mitchell returned to Baltimore’s RB rotation in 2025, rushing for 341 yards and a touchdown on only 59 carries. Baltimore did not tender him as a restricted free agent, which means the speedy Mitchell (4.37 in the 40-yard dash) is now unrestricted and wouldn’t count against the Seahawks in the comp pick formula. Starting back? Let’s ease up there. But he may be a fit in Seattle’s running back room if he reunites with Mike Macdonald.

He kicked our ass in 2023...Keaton Michael, that probably toughened him up

In Week 9, he ran for 138 yards on nine carries and scored his first NFL rushing touchdown (he also recorded a -4 yard reception) in a 37–3 rout of the Seattle Seahawks. His performance earned him the FedEx Ground Player of Week Award.

Seems a bit ironic that a team who is supposedly a run first team is left taking Flyers on no name guys and and rookies to be our RB1 and instead prioritized a Percy Harvin gimmick guy for more money...

[D-train]

If Mixon's foot is ready by Aug we should take a flyer on him.

Maybe the Hawks should hire Jerry Dipoto to find our next RB1. He is great at finding these types of bounce back injured guys. Added bonus Mixon cold cocked a woman in the face and knocked her out cold.

Amazing that our O line is now so awesome literally any RB can run behind. Wow, times have changed.

[trharder]

Seems a bit ironic that a team who is supposedly a run first team is left taking Flyers on no name guys and and rookies to be our RB1 and instead prioritized a Percy Harvin gimmick guy for more money...

This how I was thinking too.
"We want to run the ball" - fail
"We want to run the ball" - O-line is the worst
"We want to run the ball" - OC is a chump

"We want to run the ball" - We do run the ball and win the SB - "you can't overpay a RB".

<lets the band break up> <don't worry, it'll be fine>

"We want to run the ball" -

[Michael K.]

Seems a bit ironic that a team who is supposedly a run first team is left taking Flyers on no name guys and and rookies to be our RB1 and instead prioritized a Percy Harvin gimmick guy for more money...

Seems ironic that the guys that just turned this around in two short seasons are under fire for not paying a RB a second contract. K9 is now the 4th highest paid back in football, Shaheed now the 28th highest paid WR. And he will also return kicks, something he proved very valuable at. I HATE paying backs, and would have never even considered paying Walker this off season if Charbo was healthy. You draft backs, you don't pay them.

Barkley fell to earth in year two after the Eagles paid him.

The highest-paid receiver this year will make more than $40 million a year (Ja’Marr Chase of the Bengals at $40.25 million) while the highest-paid running back makes $20.6 million (Saquon Barkley of the Eagles).

While Walker became the fourth-highest paid running back in the NFL, Shaheed became the 28th highest-paid receiver, according to Spotrac.com, adding a dynamic return ability that helped give the Seahawks what were regarded as the best special teams in the league in 2025.

And it only cost the Seahawks about $3 million more a year to keep Shaheed instead of Walker.