On one hand, you could say the Seattle Seahawks took some big hits in free agency, and they did. They lost their Super Bowl MVP running back, Kenneth Walker III, Pro Bowl cornerback Riq Woolen, and rising safety Coby Bryant. Walker's and Woolen's departures were the biggest.
On the other hand, despite their free-agent losses, the Seahawks will be returning the vast majority of their starters on both offense and defense next season, which shouldn't diminish the elite play on either side of the ball that led to an epic playoff run and a championship.
Seahawks general manager John Schneider is elite in his own way: drafting. His track record speaks for itself, and his excellence in roster construction is just one reason to believe the Seahawks haven't taken a step back this offseason. Therefore, former Seahawks champion Richard Sherman is still banking on his old team as the favorites to get back to the Super Bowl and win it again.
Richard Sherman points to John Schneider's drafting and roster building as the key for another Seattle Seahawks run
At the beginning of free agency, Schneider took some flak for not retaining Walker, and even his decision to re-sign wide receiver Rashid Shaheed had some criticism as well. As the dust settled, though, the decision not to pay Walker like a franchise running back began to make sense, as did the decision to prioritize Shaheed.
The players the Seahawks lost in free agency were replaceable, and Sherman recently spoke to Schneider's ability to construct a roster still worthy of competing for a Super Bowl, after turning down the notion that Schneider has been conservative in his offseason approach.
"I don't see it as conservative roster building," Sherman said. "You have a Super Bowl roster, you lose a few guys, you retain as many guys as you can, within reason, you pay your best players, which they did...you already have one of the best defensive lines in the NFL, you have depth there, your offensive line; you've done a great job to retian both tackels, you got a quarterback for bargain right now...I don't see this as a conservative deal. I think they have a really good team and they've done their best to  continue to keep continuity to give themselves a chance next season."
Sherman was pretty adamant as he continued to make his case for the Seahawks not losing a step and maintaining their threat as one of the league's best teams going into next year. Again, the returning players far outweigh the few Seattle lost. The Seahawks are returning 10 of 11 starters on both offense and defense, and 61 of 70 players on their full roster altogether.
Those numbers show that the Seahawks' roster will go into next season as strong as ever, and Schneider will have a few opportunities to build on it during the draft. As an aside, another important factor to keep in mind is that Sam Darnold should only be better next season, which makes the Seahawks all the more dangerous, even with their entire roster construction.
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