((My Original post was updated today (March 4, 2019) ))
This thread is for all those couch GM's who want to play the part again. My first thread last February seemed to be really well enjoyed and many participated with their own plan. I hope this will continue this off season as well!
Again, there are some basic rules for this thread. First, this is meant to be a positive and proactive way to give your plan for the Seahawks. It's not meant to criticize those posts or parts you disagree with. There are other threads you can go to for that purpose. Second, you don't have to go thru the dollar amounts as I know some don't have the time or knowledge to go this route. If you want go to this route (https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/seattle-seahawks) for the cap and contract numbers, but if not it's still fun to play by using more of a general plan of action! You can also find the current 2019 roster with EFRA, RFA and UFA players listed on Jammerhawk's top pinned thread (3rd post down) to help you with the roster. There are four parts to the game. If you wish try to give all parts in your plan as well. After all that is the fun of being the GM! Last, you may either update your original post or make a new GM post thru-out the off season up until the draft. Your choice!
I hope the Mods will keep this thread at the top of the page so all can find it just like last time. So enjoy!
Part 1:
2018 season review:
All in all I was happy with how the season ended for the Hawks. My original guess was we would end up 9-6 and just miss the playoffs. We did a little better than that!
Our offense made some strong progress in our run game and O-line in particular. That was a major improvement from the last few years. I did feel our passing game was still a bit under performing from a scheme and numbers standpoint. My concern is more about play calling than the personnel. I hope PC sees this as well for next season. I expected our defense to be the biggest area of concern with the cuts, injuries, ET and trade of Bennett. This meant we were getting younger and it showed. While there is much to like about the improvement over the course of the season, it is still the bigger issue this off-season. We need more pass rush and the secondary needs to take a bigger step this next season. I would expect much of the draft to be devoted to this side of the ball. Last, I really enjoyed the pick of Dickson as our punter and he didn't disappoint! That being said, I do think that the same move needs to be done with the Kicker position in the draft, if possible. Janikowski was okay, but the injuries makes me think he is pretty much done. I'm not going to go thru individual players as that would take too much time. But I will give a shout out to Poona Ford. The guy really showed for his rookie season and I expect even better things for him next year!
Areas of Offensive Strength: QB, OL, RB, TE Offensive Weakness: WR depth, OL depth
Areas of Defensive Strength: LB Defensive Weakness: DT depth, DE, S, CB, LB depth
Current Cap position: $ 52,000,000 (from overthecap.com/salary-cap/seattle-seahawks)
Part 2.
Player cuts:
Kam Chancellor - Saves $5.3M on cap space (post June 1st), becomes assistant DB coach
Barkevious Mingo - Saves $3.3M on cap space (post June 1st cut), if we sign a better SLB/LEO in FA
Revised Cap position (minus Mingo for now): $57.3M
Kam as we all know is retired and can be cut now. Mingo may be replaceable in the draft or FA at a cheaper rate or better FA like Amos. Also Jacob Martin really came on and may be able to supplant Mingo in preseason.
Re-signing:
Frank Clark - Franchise Clark for the $17M tag, but keep working on a longer term deal to lower Cap Hit.
KJ Wright - $12M with a $5M signing bonus over 2 years and 2019 salary of $2M for a 2019 cap hit of $4.5M which is very fair for both sides. I think he deserves to go out a Seahawk.
JR Sweezy - $7M with a $3M signing bonus over 3 years and 2019 salary of $1M for a 2019 cap hit of $2M. Guards can play into their 30's and he played very well for us.
DJ Fluker - $7M with a $3M signing bonus over two years and 2019 salary of $1M and 2019 cap hit of $2.5M - I like Fluker a lot, but his injuries do concern me and Simmons played well when Fluker was out.
Justin Coleman - $9M with a $3M signing bonus over 3 years and 2019 salary of $500K. 2019 cap hit of $3.5M
David Moore - EFRA tender
Jordan Simmons - EFRA tender
Quinton Jefferson -EFRA tender
Austin Calitro -EFRA tender
Tyler Ott -EFRA tender
JD McKissic - RFA tender
Tre Madden - RFA tender
George Fant - RFA tender
Joey Hunt - RFA tender
Akeem King - RFA tender
I am factoring all above EFRA and RFA tenders as a combined $8M for 2019. This could be somewhat low, but not sure how to break these out. Several other players could be re-signed down the road including Davis, Stephen, Jordan and especially Kendricks depending on his court date outcome. If he doesn't or just gets minimal jail time he becomes a more important signing, and I suspect he will be very open to coming back with the Seahawks.
New 2019 revised Cap Position: $19.8M
Part 3.
New FA targets:
After looking over our Defensive needs and potential younger FA's I have the following targets for our team:
DE Fowler - 3 year contract for #20M with a signing bonus of $6M and 1st year base of $3M. Cap hit $5M this year.
FS Curtis Riley - 2 year contract at $4M with a signing bonus of $1M and 1st hear base of $500K. Cap hit $1M.
SS Adrain Amos - 3 year contract at $15M with signing bonus of $6M and 1st year base of $1M. Cap hit $3M.
NT Pennel/Logan - 3 year contract at $9M with a signing bonus of $1.5M and 1st year base of $500K. Cap hit $1M
This strategy solves two areas of need on the defense (DL and S positions). It gives us a quality Leo that can play opposite Clark on passing downs and a higher upside at the SLB position. Fowler also knows our system given his play for Bradley in Jacksonville. I think he could put up similar numbers as Avril for us (7-10 sacks/year) and make teams not slant towards Clark since he would be a pass rushing threat as well. Also either Mike Pennel or Bennie Logan would be a stronger NT run stopping presence on our line and move Reed to the 3tech for the base defense. This would also give some time for Ford to get more development to take over the starting role in a year or two. For safety I think Riley could really challenge Tedric for the starting FS role and may even supplant him in training camp. Amos would be a quality upgrade over McDougald, is still young and just going into his prime. These two additions would upgrade our secondary now rather than waiting for new rookies to learn and develop over the next few years.
With these moves I would then cut Mingo and McDougald and save $6.6M on our salary cap.
New Revised Cap Position: $16.4M
Player trades:
There will be no player trades, unless JS and PC can find some suitors for Mingo and MacDougald with late round draft picks. For this plan I see them being cut prior to the draft. ET is gone.
Part 4.
Draft picks and player targets:
At this point we only have 4 picks in the upcoming draft. Those are 1st round (21), 3rd round (84) and two more mid/late round picks. Obviously JS will look to trade down from (21) for more picks. We could come out with 6 total, but doubt more at this point.
My targets are as follows: DE, LB, big WR, OG, CB, K
Draft day: trade 1st pick (21) for a late 1st or early 2nd round and 3rd round pick. Trade 4th round pick for a 5th and 6th round pick.
late 1st/early 2nd round pick: Charles Omenihu DL Texas, After watching him at the senior bowl and combine I can see him as being a really good pick for our Hawks. He has even more potential than McDowell without the issues and has a great first step and motor. Give him 20 more pounds of muscle and he could be a dominant 3tech for our team! Pair him with Reed on passing downs and we solve our interior pass rush for the next 5-7 years!
3 round pick (from trade): LB or WR
3 round pick (our own) : LB/WR/OG
5th round pick(from trade): OG/WR
5th round pick (our own): CB
6th round pick (from trade) : K
I will update the other potential draft player option in the next week or two. Just want to do some more studying before I make my guesses.
I am placing $3M for draft picks in 2019 which seems about right.
Final revised Cap Position: $12.4M
This leaves us room for additional moves including an unexpected post June 1st cut or trade that would be perfect for our team. Just look at what Mack did for the Bears!
That's it for me. Now you be the GM. What is your total plan?
This thread is for all those couch GM's who want to play the part again. My first thread last February seemed to be really well enjoyed and many participated with their own plan. I hope this will continue this off season as well!
Again, there are some basic rules for this thread. First, this is meant to be a positive and proactive way to give your plan for the Seahawks. It's not meant to criticize those posts or parts you disagree with. There are other threads you can go to for that purpose. Second, you don't have to go thru the dollar amounts as I know some don't have the time or knowledge to go this route. If you want go to this route (https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/seattle-seahawks) for the cap and contract numbers, but if not it's still fun to play by using more of a general plan of action! You can also find the current 2019 roster with EFRA, RFA and UFA players listed on Jammerhawk's top pinned thread (3rd post down) to help you with the roster. There are four parts to the game. If you wish try to give all parts in your plan as well. After all that is the fun of being the GM! Last, you may either update your original post or make a new GM post thru-out the off season up until the draft. Your choice!
I hope the Mods will keep this thread at the top of the page so all can find it just like last time. So enjoy!
Part 1:
2018 season review:
All in all I was happy with how the season ended for the Hawks. My original guess was we would end up 9-6 and just miss the playoffs. We did a little better than that!
Our offense made some strong progress in our run game and O-line in particular. That was a major improvement from the last few years. I did feel our passing game was still a bit under performing from a scheme and numbers standpoint. My concern is more about play calling than the personnel. I hope PC sees this as well for next season. I expected our defense to be the biggest area of concern with the cuts, injuries, ET and trade of Bennett. This meant we were getting younger and it showed. While there is much to like about the improvement over the course of the season, it is still the bigger issue this off-season. We need more pass rush and the secondary needs to take a bigger step this next season. I would expect much of the draft to be devoted to this side of the ball. Last, I really enjoyed the pick of Dickson as our punter and he didn't disappoint! That being said, I do think that the same move needs to be done with the Kicker position in the draft, if possible. Janikowski was okay, but the injuries makes me think he is pretty much done. I'm not going to go thru individual players as that would take too much time. But I will give a shout out to Poona Ford. The guy really showed for his rookie season and I expect even better things for him next year!
Areas of Offensive Strength: QB, OL, RB, TE Offensive Weakness: WR depth, OL depth
Areas of Defensive Strength: LB Defensive Weakness: DT depth, DE, S, CB, LB depth
Current Cap position: $ 52,000,000 (from overthecap.com/salary-cap/seattle-seahawks)
Part 2.
Player cuts:
Kam Chancellor - Saves $5.3M on cap space (post June 1st), becomes assistant DB coach
Barkevious Mingo - Saves $3.3M on cap space (post June 1st cut), if we sign a better SLB/LEO in FA
Revised Cap position (minus Mingo for now): $57.3M
Kam as we all know is retired and can be cut now. Mingo may be replaceable in the draft or FA at a cheaper rate or better FA like Amos. Also Jacob Martin really came on and may be able to supplant Mingo in preseason.
Re-signing:
Frank Clark - Franchise Clark for the $17M tag, but keep working on a longer term deal to lower Cap Hit.
KJ Wright - $12M with a $5M signing bonus over 2 years and 2019 salary of $2M for a 2019 cap hit of $4.5M which is very fair for both sides. I think he deserves to go out a Seahawk.
JR Sweezy - $7M with a $3M signing bonus over 3 years and 2019 salary of $1M for a 2019 cap hit of $2M. Guards can play into their 30's and he played very well for us.
DJ Fluker - $7M with a $3M signing bonus over two years and 2019 salary of $1M and 2019 cap hit of $2.5M - I like Fluker a lot, but his injuries do concern me and Simmons played well when Fluker was out.
Justin Coleman - $9M with a $3M signing bonus over 3 years and 2019 salary of $500K. 2019 cap hit of $3.5M
David Moore - EFRA tender
Jordan Simmons - EFRA tender
Quinton Jefferson -EFRA tender
Austin Calitro -EFRA tender
Tyler Ott -EFRA tender
JD McKissic - RFA tender
Tre Madden - RFA tender
George Fant - RFA tender
Joey Hunt - RFA tender
Akeem King - RFA tender
I am factoring all above EFRA and RFA tenders as a combined $8M for 2019. This could be somewhat low, but not sure how to break these out. Several other players could be re-signed down the road including Davis, Stephen, Jordan and especially Kendricks depending on his court date outcome. If he doesn't or just gets minimal jail time he becomes a more important signing, and I suspect he will be very open to coming back with the Seahawks.
New 2019 revised Cap Position: $19.8M
Part 3.
New FA targets:
After looking over our Defensive needs and potential younger FA's I have the following targets for our team:
DE Fowler - 3 year contract for #20M with a signing bonus of $6M and 1st year base of $3M. Cap hit $5M this year.
FS Curtis Riley - 2 year contract at $4M with a signing bonus of $1M and 1st hear base of $500K. Cap hit $1M.
SS Adrain Amos - 3 year contract at $15M with signing bonus of $6M and 1st year base of $1M. Cap hit $3M.
NT Pennel/Logan - 3 year contract at $9M with a signing bonus of $1.5M and 1st year base of $500K. Cap hit $1M
This strategy solves two areas of need on the defense (DL and S positions). It gives us a quality Leo that can play opposite Clark on passing downs and a higher upside at the SLB position. Fowler also knows our system given his play for Bradley in Jacksonville. I think he could put up similar numbers as Avril for us (7-10 sacks/year) and make teams not slant towards Clark since he would be a pass rushing threat as well. Also either Mike Pennel or Bennie Logan would be a stronger NT run stopping presence on our line and move Reed to the 3tech for the base defense. This would also give some time for Ford to get more development to take over the starting role in a year or two. For safety I think Riley could really challenge Tedric for the starting FS role and may even supplant him in training camp. Amos would be a quality upgrade over McDougald, is still young and just going into his prime. These two additions would upgrade our secondary now rather than waiting for new rookies to learn and develop over the next few years.
With these moves I would then cut Mingo and McDougald and save $6.6M on our salary cap.
New Revised Cap Position: $16.4M
Player trades:
There will be no player trades, unless JS and PC can find some suitors for Mingo and MacDougald with late round draft picks. For this plan I see them being cut prior to the draft. ET is gone.
Part 4.
Draft picks and player targets:
At this point we only have 4 picks in the upcoming draft. Those are 1st round (21), 3rd round (84) and two more mid/late round picks. Obviously JS will look to trade down from (21) for more picks. We could come out with 6 total, but doubt more at this point.
My targets are as follows: DE, LB, big WR, OG, CB, K
Draft day: trade 1st pick (21) for a late 1st or early 2nd round and 3rd round pick. Trade 4th round pick for a 5th and 6th round pick.
late 1st/early 2nd round pick: Charles Omenihu DL Texas, After watching him at the senior bowl and combine I can see him as being a really good pick for our Hawks. He has even more potential than McDowell without the issues and has a great first step and motor. Give him 20 more pounds of muscle and he could be a dominant 3tech for our team! Pair him with Reed on passing downs and we solve our interior pass rush for the next 5-7 years!
3 round pick (from trade): LB or WR
3 round pick (our own) : LB/WR/OG
5th round pick(from trade): OG/WR
5th round pick (our own): CB
6th round pick (from trade) : K
I will update the other potential draft player option in the next week or two. Just want to do some more studying before I make my guesses.
I am placing $3M for draft picks in 2019 which seems about right.
Final revised Cap Position: $12.4M
This leaves us room for additional moves including an unexpected post June 1st cut or trade that would be perfect for our team. Just look at what Mack did for the Bears!
That's it for me. Now you be the GM. What is your total plan?