Seahawks make news only by re-signing their own free agents on Monday

While NFL free agency unofficially got underway on Monday, the Seahawks spent the day making a point of simply re-signing some of their own free agents. At least we can say John Schneider didn’t lie at the NFL combine when he talked of how he wanted to bring everyone back.

Seattle did make a bit of a splash by re-signing Quandre Diggs (and they needed to re-sign him to have any chance of 2022 being somewhat decent) but while other teams like the Chargers were signing J.C. Jackson, Seattle simply stood pat and re-signed Will Dissly, Al Woods and Sidney Jones.

As far as Dissly goes, I am happy he is still going to be in Seattle as he is a team-first player who blocks extremely well and is underused as a receiver the last two seasons. Maybe whoever Seattle’s new quarterback is will target him more because he has proven he has good hands and can run a bit.

Seahawks spend Monday re-signing their own free agents

But his contract will reportedly pay him $24 million over 3 years and that is far too much. $8 million a year? For someone of Dissly’s production, it does seem like maybe Seattle is paying for his future production which is a very European football way of doing things. It’s great if Dissly earns the deal but with his injury history and lack of great statistics the last two years, it’s a big risk.

Al Woods is a risk because he isn’t young. Woods was re-signed for two years and $9 million, though just $4.7 million is guaranteed. But Woods will be 35 years old during the 2022 season and that is ancient for an interior defensive lineman.

Sidney Jones was really good in the second half of 2021 but he doesn’t have a sustained time of success over his five years in the NFL. By far 2021 was his best year. He was only signed to a one-year and $3.6 million deal, however. So if Jones regresses next season, it won’t truly cost the Seahawks that much.

So, Seattle seems to think they will have different results in 2022 with a bunch of the same players all the while not having Russell Wilson back. Or maybe 2022 is a write-off and next offseason is when the real big splash will be made?