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Huge, huge off-season coming up for the Seahawks with some big decisions to make on big-name players. What do you do? 

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/yearly/cap/

UFA in 2018: 

Paul Richardson - WR

Jimmy Graham - TE

Luke Joeckel - OT

Sheldon Richardson - DT

Byron Maxwell - CB

UFA in 2019: 

Richard Sherman - CB

Earl Thomas - S

KJ Wright - LB

Duane Brown - OT

Frank Clark - DE

Tyler Lockett - WR

Cliff Avril - DE

 

Biggest Hits 2018 - Just 10 players taking up 117m of 167m Cap

Russell Wilson-£23,786,666.00

Bobby Wagner-£13,600,000.00

Richard Sherman-£13,200,000.00

Doug Baldwin-£12,143,750.00

Earl Thomas-£10,400,000.00

Kam Chancellor-£9,800,000.00

Duane Brown-£9,750,000.00

Michael Bennett-£8,237,500.00

K.J. Wright-£8,200,000.00

Cliff Avril-£8,000,000.00

 

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From another thread:

The Seahawks need to make some changes and upgrade at certain positions, but it's way too early to say their window is completely closed.  The first order of business needs to be to fire Darrell Bevel.  Next to go should be Tom Cable.  A fresh offensively philosophy would do wonders for this team.  Next, the Seahawks need to upgrade at certain positions - Interior offensive line, running back and I feel like they could use a big receiver.  Defensively, the team lost a lot with injuries to Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman and Cliff Avril.  Obviously, the question is... Can those guys actually come back and play at a high level?  That remains to be seen.

There is enough talent and experience on the defensive side of the football for that unit to be really good.  The offense needs to be upgraded via the draft/FA and if that can happen, I don't see why the Seahawks couldn't be a contender again.  I've said this earlier in the year, the Seahawks would probably have two to three wins if it weren't for Russell Wilson's brilliance.  Just upgrade some of the pieces around him in the off-season and get the defense healthy - Seattle will be back in the thick of things.

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31 minutes ago, showtime said:

From another thread:

The Seahawks need to make some changes and upgrade at certain positions, but it's way too early to say their window is completely closed.  The first order of business needs to be to fire Darrell Bevel.  Next to go should be Tom Cable.  A fresh offensively philosophy would do wonders for this team.  Next, the Seahawks need to upgrade at certain positions - Interior offensive line, running back and I feel like they could use a big receiver.  Defensively, the team lost a lot with injuries to Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman and Cliff Avril.  Obviously, the question is... Can those guys actually come back and play at a high level?  That remains to be seen.

There is enough talent and experience on the defensive side of the football for that unit to be really good.  The offense needs to be upgraded via the draft/FA and if that can happen, I don't see why the Seahawks couldn't be a contender again.  I've said this earlier in the year, the Seahawks would probably have two to three wins if it weren't for Russell Wilson's brilliance.  Just upgrade some of the pieces around him in the off-season and get the defense healthy - Seattle will be back in the thick of things.

Russell Wilson is being severely overrated this season based on bulk stats.

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There is no fixing the Seahawks. 

Their offensive line is a mess.  But their offensive line has been a mess for years and nothing they have been doing has helped fix it.  They've drafted offensive linemen in the first two rounds three of the last four years.  Still terrible.  They've had 60% turnover from last year in their starting offensive line.  Still terrible.  They've finally acquired that left tackle they've lacked since Russell Okung left.  Still terrible.  There is no fixing that problem.  At some point you have to look at that and think maybe the problem is the team, not the talent.

They built their secondary on lucky late round picks and Earl Thomas.  Their luck has run out.  Shaq Griffin, Delano Hill and Tedric Thompson are not Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas and they never will be.  They've used five day two picks in four years (including 2018 and we haven't even arrived in 2018 yet) just to attempt to maintain their defensive line.

They've used day two picks on wide receivers three out of the last four years.  Their receiver corps is still not particularly good and the guy they just unloaded (thought by some to be the worst of the bunch, Jermaine Kearse) is having a career year with the New York freakin' Jets.  At some point, you have to look at that and think maybe the problem is the team, not the talent. 

 

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13 minutes ago, packerrfan74 said:

Certainly not consensus top 5. Russell Wilson could just as easily have 30 INTs and 11 TDs this season. So many ugly lobs 

Which is a shame, because he is. Just because he's been severely disrespected his entire career doesn't mean he's now overrated because he's doing exactly what people thought he couldn't do when he had a run game.

It used to be "oh well he doesn't have the bulk passing stats and when he loses his elite defense and run game he won't produce". Now this year happens and somehow he's still not a top 5 QB? Who are the 5 QB's better than him, not named Brady, (maybe) Brees, and Rodgers? The only other guys that have a case are one-year flash in the pan guys like Wentz or Watson. It certainly isn't Luck, Carr, Roethlisberger, Ryan, or anyone else in that tier. Wilson has separated himself clearly from a lot of guys who usually are considered near him.

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