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

[Donn Beach]

He was asked by a Philadelphia reporter, what went into the decision to move on from Woolen. Sure, MM could have answered with some euphemisms about going in a different direction bla bla bla but he didn't do that. He corrected the reporters use of the phrase, moving on. There was nothing about the situation that required MM to do that. It would have been a perfectly acceptable phrase given the situation. For me that indicates truthfulness rather than BS. Woolen had his issues but I have no reason not to believe he was well liked by his teammates and coaching staff

Seattle still has $30.045 million in effective cap space for 2026 (which accounts for the incoming draft class), per Over The Cap, meaning they could have afforded Woolen's deal with the Eagles. Macdonald's answer is likely accounting for their future plans that haven't been completed yet, which is why it appears that way currently

Woolen's cap hit for the Eagles is only $3.408 million in 2026, as Philadelphia general manager Howie Roseman tacked four void years onto the one-year deal.

That requires the Eagles to take on dead money, however, which could hamper them in future seasons.

The Seahawks still have to get an extension done for Witherspoon, and that could eat up 2026 cap if it's structured similarly to how general manager John Schneider did Jaxon Smith-Njigba's record four-year, $168.6 million deal.

Additionally, Seattle is already projected to be in the bottom-10 in available cap space heading into 2027, per Over The Cap, which means a multi-year deal for Woolen would've been more challenging to get done. Woolen likely wouldn't have taken a one-year deal with the Seahawks after already playing four seasons there and helping them win a