Pete Factor?

[chris98251]

With so many free agents and high priced players revamping the roster with a new coach and a new scheme, without the need to cut a lot of players it should be easier to mold it with our young core.

 

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2023 starters and key rotation/depth players no longer on roster:

Free Agents
QB Lock
RB Dallas
TE Fant
TE Parkinson
LG Lewis
OC Brown
RG Haynes
OT Curhan*
IDL Williams
IDL Edwards
IDL Adams*
EDGE Taylor*
ILB Wagner
ILB Brooks
ILB Bush
CB Jackson*
CB Burns
* - RFA or ERFA.

Potential Cap Casualties
S Adams
S Diggs
WR Lockett
TE Dissley

That's a lot more than a few holes. And the available cap is a negative $4M. The situation is much worse than many are thinking.

I don't see a lot of longterm starters on this list.

ERFAs are cheap, and will be kept, so no need to list those.

RFA's can be cheap if negotiated down at the end of training camp, or just roll with them as is on a 1 yr rental.


QB Lock = not a starter, bring back on the cheap, or let him walk.
RB Dallas = addition by subtraction
TE Fant = Good weapon, but a luxury that can be replaced.
TE Parkinson = On the right team, would be an impact player with 8-10 TDs every year.
LG Lewis = Sucked last year, teetering on being a JAG.
OC Brown = addition by subtraction.
RG Haynes = Backup.
OT Curhan = Cheap backup.

The Seahawks interior line was one of the worst in the league because of these guys: Lewis, Brown, & Haynes. I wouldn't lose a wink if they lost all three of them. Addition by subtraction.

DT Leo Williams = Quality Starter, should try to retain.
DT Edwards = JAG backup
DT Adams = Backup that hardly sees the field
ED Taylor = Addition by subtraction
LB Wagner = Retire please.
LB Brooks = 1 yr prove it, or take the comp pick.
LB Bush = JAG backup
CB Jackson = Tender, or don't. It doesn't really matter.
CB Burns = JAG Backup

On defense a buncha backups. Not anything to loose sleep over. Williams being the only big piece they have to try and retain. Brooks is in 1 yr prove it territory being injured the last 2 seasons.

For Cap Casualties:

Adams and Diggs would upgrade the roster by getting the hell off of it, and create a lot of space in the process, this all but a done deal at this point.

Geno is the interesting piece not listed. He would normally be cut given his number, but then that tips John's hand in the draft, so they are going to keep him for that factor alone, and maybe do something with his contract after the draft.

I view this year as a mini-reset if they go with an offensive HC.

1) Get some bad contracts off of the books.
2) Spend the draft capital on the trenches. Build them up.
3) Get back to drafting a QB nearly every year, like how JS did in GB.
4) Give the offensive HC the opportunity to find his guy at QB and develop him.

However, if they sign a defensive HC, then expectations will be--win now. He must fix the defense ASAP, and win with an established veteran QB, Geno. 2 young stud RBs to run the ball with, no excuses for losing if they go that direction. Because it's not like a defensive HC can develop a QB anyway. There is nothing to wait for at that point. Fix the defense, run the ball, have Geno manage the game.

Defenses are routinely fixed in 1 off-season in recent history. Building a program around a new QB takes 2-3 years. So it just depends on what direction they go at HC that will set the expectation.

 

[chris98251]

Defensive head coach may not be a QB Guru but thats why you hire a good OC and QB coach, why someone with a good network in the league is what I think we should go after.

 

[Seahwkgal]

That's a bummer. In 4 years tackling will be banned

If so, we can thank the LOB for that. No more defenses like that ever again.