Seattle Seahawks have a salary cap problem
After researching the Seattle Seahawks roster for the upcoming 2020 NFL season, they need to make some adjustments to their payroll or face salary cap consequences.
The Seattle Seahawks roster is like a kid in an ice cream store. Remember when you young and wanted to go to the ice cream store? Your parent said they would take you, but you have to use your own money. Visions of a sundae and banana split dance through your head during the drive. When you arrive, you look at the prices on the menu board and realize you have enough quarters and dimes in your pocket for an ice cream cone.
After looking at the Seattle Seahawks payroll, forget the double scoop, they only have enough room to get a single scoop cone. It’s a stretch that they could even afford that. For reference, an impact player such as defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is the mega-special, super-duper, signature item on the menu board.
Too many sprinkles
In the offseason, the Seahawks signed Greg Olsen, who is about 50 in “football years,” to a one-year $6.9M contract. Not to mention it felt like they picked up something like six tight ends in the draft. In reality, it was only two, Colby Parkinson (fourth-round, 133rd overall) and Stephen Sullivan (seventh, 251st). Seattle also has holdovers Will Dissly, Jacob Hollister, and Luke Willson and a few undrafted free agents they picked up. To stay with the analogy, the Seattle Seahawks GM spent a tidy sum on sprinkles.
Finding loose change
Schneider and Head Coach Pete Carroll have been nothing but awesome in putting a team together over the years. This current team, however, is a bit unbalanced. If by some miracle Russel Wilson were to renegotiate his contract (doubtful after the Mahomes blockbuster) or trim up some of the money they have invested in tight ends, that would add a substantial amount of room to sign more top players.
I know I went on a little banter about how Seattle could save some money. The fact remains that there is just not enough cap room to sign those high-end players. The Seahawks only have a little over $12M in cap room. Jadeveon Clowney will get $15M plus a year on his next contract. The math doesn’t work to get him signed. To get to the cap situation where they are now, the Seattle Seahawks have gotten rid of some key offensive linemen. But the fact remains that there is just not enough money to go around.
Current QB1+RB1+WR1 2020 Cap $
1. #Cowboys, $54.3M
2. #Seahawks, $45.4M
3. #Falcons, $44.8M
4. #Buccaneers, $44.8M
5. #Colts, $40.9M
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30. #Jaguars, $10.5M
31. #Broncos, $10.4M
32. #Redskins, $7.4M— Spotrac (@spotrac) June 22, 2020
First and foremost, I am very hopeful that as of now, we will actually have a 2020 football season. Going without sports right now is not helping matters. Sports are what gets everybody together. Whether we like the same team or even the same sport, we all come together when a game is on TV.