Seattle Seahawks Free Agent Wishlist Part 1 – Defense
Chris Phillips
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The Seattle Seahawks defense some big holes to fill in the offseason. These are our top free agent candidates.
Sunday, the NFL wraps up another season. The next important date 12s have to look forward to is March 27, when free agency starts. Unfortunately, the Seattle Seahawks don’t have much money to spend due to a lower salary cap. It will take some tough decisions for the Seahawks to bring back their internal free agents, not to mention adding talent from the outside.
Because of the pandemic, the cap should drop a little over 11 percent or somewhere around $22.2M. That means depending on who you believe; the Seattle Seahawks have between $2.84M (overthecap.com) and 3.59M (spotrac.com) to work with. It’s not what they estimated when they put the 2020 team together.
With key players such as Shaquill Griffin, K.J. Wright, and Quinton Dunbar about to hit the open market, the Seattle Seahawks have some big holes to fill. Holes is an understatement. Defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. faces the unpleasant prospect of losing his best two cornerbacks (Griffin and Dunbar) and a defensive stalwart at linebacker (Wright).
It’s even worse on the defensive line. Starting defensive tackle Poona Ford is a free agent, as is his backup Bryan Mone. The other starting DT Jarran Reed as well as defensive end Carlos Dunlap could become cap casualties.
Our last article looked at how Seattle can open up some additional cap space. Last week we covered the top five internal free agents that Seattle Seahawks General Manager John Schneider has to re-sign. Today, we turn our attention outside the organization with a wish list of defensive external free agents the team should consider.
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