Seattle Seahawks: 3 takeaways from a franchise-altering day

Doing what had to be done

Conscious competence can be defined as an individual or group of people knowing how to use a particular skill to complete a task and doing so through hard work and conscious thought. For the Seattle Seahawks, both the conscious thought and hard work have started. Moving off Russell Wilson was a move that unfortunately had to be done. Wilson ultimately felt his legacy was being damaged, leaving the Seahawks with no reparation other than to trade him.

The second domino to fall was Bobby Wagner. By doing so, they were able to save $16 million of cap space. Seattle understands that this roster needs a ton of work and the more money they have gives them a better chance of acquiring the necessary talent to fix those holes. It is also worth mentioning that the impressive play of Jordyn Brooks and Cody Barton coupled with a deep linebacker draft class gave Seattle enough confidence to part ways with their 6-time All-Pro linebacker.

Moving forward, they are going to have to do a deep dive on the incoming draft class as they were able to acquire more draft capital in the blockbuster move. With the 9th overall pick, two second-rounders and a third, the Seahawks have a chance to acquire four day-one starters for the 2022 season. One potentially being the new face of the franchise if they were to select a quarterback in the first round.

Nonetheless, Seattle made the competent decision in moving off two franchise legends as they felt it was necessary for repairing this roster. Will they indeed fix this roster? Only time will tell. But, something gives me the itch that the Seahawks have something else up their sleeve. We know the age of Pete Carroll. Rather, the more important note to make here is that the NFC is wide open. The time to strike is now.