All greatness comes to an end at some point. What doesn't stop are the memories of that excellence. In the case of Seattle Seahawks fans, recalling the Super Bowl victories at the ends of the 2013 and 2025 seasons will also be nice.
The bittersweet part is when some of the players from those seasons begin ending their careers. Something about the retirement brings a brutal closure. All they are left with is all fans are left with: Memories.
Several former Seahawks might be seeing their careers end this offseason. Three would be worthy of having come back to sign a one-day deal to end their careers with Seattle. K.J. Wright did that, so should the following three players.
Three former Seattle Seahawks who should sign one-day deals to end their careers with the team that drafted them
Linebacker Bobby Wagner
This season marked the first time since 2013 that Wagner was not named First- or Second-Team All-Pro. He was still good, and likely good enough to keep playing somewhere, if he wants. He is likely done with the Washington Commanders, however, and he might not just want to play anywhere.
He isn't going to play for the Seahawks again, as he doesn't fit exactly what Mike Macdonald wants. Seattle's linebackers need to cover well, and that has always been the weakest part of Wagner's game. As he will be 36 years old at the start of the 2026 season, he isn't suddenly going to get fast enough to be better in coverage.
While Bobby Wagner has played for two other teams besides the Seahawks, he should always be remembered as a Seattle guy. His best seasons were spent with the team, and he won a Super Bowl with the organization.
Wide receiver Tyler Lockett
A better human being than football player (and make no mistake, he was a fantastic player), Lockett fit his time in Seattle in between the beginning of the decline of the Legion of Boom and the ascendancy of Mike Macdonald's Dark Side defense. Seattle won a Super Bowl on either side, but Lockett never did.
He was released last offseason by Seattle and signed with the Tennessee Titans. He was rarely used in Nashville and asked for, and was given, his release. He then ended the year with many former Seahawks in Las Vegas with the Raiders. Vegas was, like the Titans, awful, too.
Watching Lockett play in a different uniform that one for Seattle was weird and not fun. To make the world right again, he should go out the way he started with the Seahawks.
Quarterback Russell Wilson
Admittedly, with Wilson, it gets complicated. He was once the darling of the Seahawks organization, a third-round pick many saw as undersized to play quarterback in the NFL who turned out to be the best QB in Seattle history. The way he left the team got ugly, though.
He reportedly went to Jody Allen and asked for then-head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider to be fired. A player who tried to always come across as team-first appeared to show his true colors. He just wanted to throw the ball more. Wilson thought he was bigger than the team.
But his years since leaving the Seattle Seahawks have been brutal. He might have played his last down in the league with the New York Giants, and by the end of the season was QB3 in New York. With his time likely done, he and the team could heal old wounds by having him end his career with the team he should have never left.