The Seattle Seahawks might be learning the lesson that it is difficult to eat when one is already full. The team won the Super Bowl this past season, and their free agency moves so far appear to indicate that Seattle is just fine living with that memory for a while.
That isn't the case, of course. General manager John Schneider has a method to his brilliance, and he has followed that for most of his 17 years with the team. He won't be overly aggressive at the start of free agency, won't overspend just because a player has a well-known name, and tries to fit players into the team's culture instead of the other way around.
Still, 12s, who won't be satisfied with winning a title for the 2025 season for a lot of years to come, want more. Greed isn't a bad thing in terms of team sports. Why not go for consecutive championships, as many as a team can get? What Seattle has done in the early part of free agency doesn't lend one to believe they will take titles in back-to-back seasons.
Seattle Seahawks free agency continues to be underwhelming
Seattle didn't want to pay top dollar for running back Kenneth Walker, edge rusher Boye Mafe, and cornerback Riq Woolen, and they signed elsewhere. In their place, Seattle has only brought in safety Rodney Thomas and running back Emanuel Wilson.
The Seahawks did re-sign wide receiver Rashid Shaheed and Josh Jobe, along with several glue-type players. Jobe will start in 2026, Shaheed will be a key piece on special teams and get deep as a wideout, but the others? They were nice to have, but not transformative.
Maybe Thomas will be a hidden gem that head coach Mike Macdonald can polish to a shine. He has spent four seasons in the NFL, all with the Indianapolis Colts. He was a full-time starter in his first two seasons, but in the last two, the Colts seem to have given up on him.
The odd part is that he had six interceptions in years one and two while allowing seven touchdowns, not a terrible ratio. He isn't the best tackler, and his career quarterback rating is 95.5, which is very meh.
Wilson isn't anywhere close to the kind of runner that Kenneth Walker is. He has a career-high of 502 rushing yards in a season and has scored eight total touchdowns, but he is more of a backup than a starter. He has good size, though, at 5'10" and 225 pounds. Still, the Seahawks might need to find a much more explosive running back in the draft.
Maybe John Schneider is simply looking forward to 2027, when the team will still have a lot of cap room and as many as 12 draft picks. If the GM wants to reload, next year is the one to do it. That doesn't mean that Seattle Seahawks fans don't want to win another Super Bowl in 2026, though.