The first wave of 2025 free agency is done, and the NFL draft is not for nearly another month, but the Seattle Seahawks will look like a different team next season. This is especially true on offense, where Seattle will have a new quarterback and two new key receivers. The defense will look mostly the same with one crucial addition: DeMarcus Lawrence.
All of the changes, plus the upcoming draft, could undoubtedly affect roster holdovers from last season, though. Perhaps half the presumed 53-man roster can feel the jobs are secure currently. The rest still need to battle for spots.
Below are three players who should be a little nervous about their future with the Seahawks. One is a fan favorite who would be tough to say goodbye to. The other two simply have not produced enough to prove they are worthy of sticking with the team.
These three Seattle Seahawks might not make the 53-man roster in 2025
Cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett
In the 2024 NFL draft, Seattle took two Auburn cornerbacks even though corner did not seem a position of need. The team already had Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen, Tre Brown, and Mike Jackson. Jackson had proven to be solid in coverage, while Woolen and Witherspoon were more foundational players.
One of the Auburn CBs, DJ James, did not make the active roster. Pritchett did, but he was awful when he did play. He allowed 13 of the 18 times he was targeted to be completed for 15.8 yards per reception. He also missed on 29.4 percent of his tackle attempts. Maybe he can improve in season two, but Pritchett does not appear to have the speed or physicality needed to play in the NFL.
John Schneider might choose to pick a cornerback high in the 2025 draft as Woolen is entering the final year of his rookie contract and has been somewhat inconsistent. Adding another corner could push Pritchett completely off the depth chart and leave him looking for a new team in early September.
Defensive lineman Mike Morris
Morris might be a tough release because he played for head coach Mike Macdonald at Michigan. But Macdonald knows the league well enough that loyalty can only get one so far. In the first two seasons of his career, Morris has not accomplished much. He has appeared on 96 defensive snaps and has been more of a special-teams player (295 snaps).
Morris is also a true defensive lineman, and he simply does not have the skill set to contend for much playing time. The three clear starters are Leonard Williams, Jarran Reed, and Byron Murphy II. Plus, Seattle will almost certainly take an interior defensive lineman or two in the draft, as Reed and Williams are both over 30 years old.
Morris is not a bad player, but he has not shown any particularly great skill either. If Seattle takes linemen relatively early in the 2025 draft, this will push Morris deeper on the depth chart and eventually off of it.
Wide receiver Jake Bobo
Bobo is a fan favorite whose production declined in his second season. This might be due to former offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb not knowing how to use Bobo well, and the wide receiver might be a better fit in new OC Klint Kubiak's system. The issue for Bobo is that while Seattle released Tyler Lockett and traded DK Metcalf, the team signed Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
Both of those receivers are past 30 years old, which means Seattle could decide to take a wide receiver early in the draft in anticipation that the wideout eventually replaces Kupp or MVS. If that happens, and that seems likely, Bobo would drop to number five on the wide receiver depth chart. He would compete with players such as Dareke Young for a roster spot.
Then the decision to keep Bobo versus Young, River Cracraft, or Cody White comes down to the other value they bring to the team. Bobo has been solid on special teams, but Young has sometimes been terrific. White can play special teams, too, and is faster than Bobo. No one wants Bobo to leave, but if the wide receiver room becomes a numbers game, Bobo could be released.