3 biggest regrets Seahawks will have from 2022 free agency
By Lee Vowell
The Seattle Seahawks don’t seem to be preparing for a successful 2022 but the lack of impact free agency moves they’ve made will have far-reaching implications.
The Seahawks had money to spend and didn’t. At least, not enough to attract a player who would immensely make their positions of need better. And I am not even talking about 2022. That seems, for all intents and purposes, was written off with the trade of Russell Wilson and the release of Bobby Wagner.
Those two moves made on the same day is when Seattle announced it was rebuilding. But 12s hoped – I hoped, to be clearer – that there would be some kind of fairly immediate reaction by Seattle to get better faster.
Seattle Seahawks will likely regret moves not made in 2022 offseason
Instead, Seattle has basically taken the same route they have every offseason that general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll have been running the football operations of the team. That is, not making a slash on days one through three of free agency, but waiting until most teams have spent their money and then signing a few quality free agents who can support Wilson and Wagner.
But guess what? There no longer is a Wilson or Wagner to support! Instead, Seattle is signing not high-end talent (unless it is their own – and you best stay healthy for once, Rashaad Penny!) and clearly, whether they admit to it or not, looking beyond 2022.
But what is the plan? Because 2023 doesn’t look any better. At least if the Seahawks were to sign some top-end talent to deals that were multi-year that means 2023 and beyond might look a lot better than 2022. But no. So here is what Schneider and Carroll might regret in 2023 and longer.