Five free agents that need to be Seahawks next year
By Geoff Shull
It’s one of those off-seasons that the Seahawks simply cannot afford to miss. Seattle too often prioritizes quantity over quality. Well, that’s about to change.
Seattle was put on the spot by Russell Wilson to finally start investing in proven players as opposed to gambling on low to mid-tier signings. It’s simply time to invest in proven entities.
Seattle doesn’t have much in terms of cap space and draft capital. Fortunately, I wrote extensively about this not too long ago. If you want to read about how much Seattle can save on the top 8 contracts by restructuring, cutting, trading, or extending, click this link.
So, for the sake of this article, we are going to operate like Seattle has roughly $40 million in cap space (it’s what I created in my mock off-season article). This is a realistic number that can be created without harming future years cap situations too much.
Now comes the hard part. The Seahawks need to try and hold themselves accountable and not gamble on every low-floor, high-ceiling player on the market. There is simply way too much talent out there and not enough opportunities.
Seahawks need to adhere to the supply and demand of the market
As is taught in my economics classes, the law of supply and demand will come firmly into play here. The market is going to be over-saturated. There are going to be a lot of mid to high-level players available. With so many players available, the market price will decrease. Seattle really needs to capitalize on this.
Without further ado, let’s go through my 5 players the Seahawks cannot miss on.