3 biggest threats for seattle in 2022-Thoughts?

[Hawknight]

3 biggest regrets Seahawks will have from 2022 free agency

The Seahawks don't seem to be preparing for a successful 2022 but the lack of impact free agency moves they've made will have far-reaching implications.

12thmanrising.com

by Lee Vowell

'The Seattle Seahawks don’t seem to be preparing for a successful 2022 but the lack of impact free agency moves they’ve made will have far-reaching implications.


The Seahawks had money to spend and didn’t. At least, not enough to attract a player who would immensely make their positions of need better. And I am not even talking about 2022. That seems, for all intents and purposes, was written off with the trade of Russell Wilson and the release of Bobby Wagner.

Those two moves made on the same day is when Seattle announced it was rebuilding. But 12s hoped – I hoped, to be clearer – that there would be some kind of fairly immediate reaction by Seattle to get better faster.'

 

[chris98251]

Have you not watched the Seahawks for ten years? We do dumb stuff, Graham, Harvin, Adams, but never spend big in F.A.

 

[pittpnthrs]

Three biggest threats?

Pete Carroll, Pete Carroll, Pete Carroll

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

This Lee Vowel person clearly didn’t follow Seattle for the past 7-8 years.

It was free agent moves and trades that heavily impacted Seattle negatively.

Seattle then does the smart thing by not going free agent crazy and this person thinks they moved backwards.

What a clown.

If Seattle doesn’t blow this draft, it will be a successful offseason because Wilson was not going to be extended in Seattle. Best to get all you can for him now than not much or even nothing later.

This writer is terrible.

 

[AgentDib]

The Seahawks had money to spend and didn’t.

I'm not sure what the author is on about either, maybe they have no idea how dead money works. Expecting us to be "better faster" in 2022 with $50 million in dead money is not only unrealistic but bad strategy. Fee agency has never been the route to building a good team in the NFL.

 

[sutz]

More fantasy football logic applied to team building.

 

[Fade]

If their draft picks do not bare much fruit, it will go down as the worst off-season in Seahawks history. Rivaling 2020, and the early 90s.

Traded away franchise QB, blew 50M+ on JAGs.

They better get this draft right.

2020 off-season recap: Wretched Blockbuster trade, $58M+ JAGs. But at least had a solid draft class (so far).

 

[TwistedHusky]

We are hoping to draft well to fix the mess, when we haven't even had an above average draft since Scott left.

We lost our franchise QB, and got rid of an aging, but still star, MLB. In doing so, who have we added?

If you are holding out hope we have a good draft, you are hoping for us to do well at something we haven't done well in almost a decade.

It could happen but doesn't seem likely.

At this point Carroll is just keeping the seat warm for however many years until we can replace him. He has no value in terms of fielding a competitive team. He is just an easy option to drop in until our owner can figure out what she wants to do.

There is a list of teams in the NFL that matter and people need to keep aware of, and a list of teams that really don't matter, won't be a playoff threat or even be in the RACE for a playoff slot. We are now in that 2nd list. Probably for a while.

 

[WarHawks]

We are hoping to draft well to fix the mess, when we haven't even had an above average draft since Scott left.

We lost our franchise QB, and got rid of an aging, but still star, MLB. In doing so, who have we added?

If you are holding out hope we have a good draft, you are hoping for us to do well at something we haven't done well in almost a decade.

It could happen but doesn't seem likely.

At this point Carroll is just keeping the seat warm for however many years until we can replace him. He has no value in terms of fielding a competitive team. He is just an easy option to drop in until our owner can figure out what she wants to do.

There is a list of teams in the NFL that matter and people need to keep aware of, and a list of teams that really don't matter, won't be a playoff threat or even be in the RACE for a playoff slot. We are now in that 2nd list. Probably for a while.

Every team goes through it eventually. May as well rip off the bandaid now and get it over with.

 

[Spin Doctor]

This Lee Vowel person clearly didn’t follow Seattle for the past 7-8 years.

It was free agent moves and trades that heavily impacted Seattle negatively.

Seattle then does the smart thing by not going free agent crazy and this person thinks they moved backwards.

What a clown.

If Seattle doesn’t blow this draft, it will be a successful offseason because Wilson was not going to be extended in Seattle. Best to get all you can for him now than not much or even nothing later.

This writer is terrible.

We haven't had a major free agent signing in years, and no i don't think Olsen counts. He was clearly on his last legs. In free agency our MO is to go bargain shopping. Bring in a bunch of guys with potential that have never lived up to it. We spend a ridiculous sum of money doing so and end up with mediocre players that never make a splash.

Our Super Bowl team used free agents quite liberally. Bennett, Zach Miller, McDonald and Avril all were essential pieces that came out of free agency. We can even expand the list to Browner, but he was more of a project from the CFL. Without those guys we might not have a ring to our name.

 

[bmorepunk]

Ah yes, the "threats" to a team with no QB and a ton of roster holes sure does seem like a real thing.

 

[Mix]

Top 3 Threats
1. Pete eventually falling while running on the sideline and breaking a hip.
2. Being offered over the asking price when the team goes up for sale.
3. Being good enough to make you think they are on the right track, only to rebuild again. (See 2 decades of Mariners)

 

[TreeRon]

I honestly think Schneider is as big a problem as Carroll, if not greater.

 

[Mix]

I honestly think Schneider is as big a problem as Carroll, if not greater.

Then the bigger problem is the ownership.

 

[Spin Doctor]

I honestly think Schneider is as big a problem as Carroll, if not greater.

Schneider is under Carroll on the chain, anything Schneider does, Carroll has to sign off on. So... the problem still lies at Pete Carroll's feet at the end of the day.

 

[LoyalRam]

If Bobby Wagner plays ILB for the Rams vs Seattle, two times a year? That might be interesting if he signs tonight in LA.

 

[Appyhawk]

I hate when we have to play against guys who became heroes here. It's hard to learn how to root against them.

 

[NJlargent]

Three biggest threats?

Pete Carroll, Pete Carroll, Pete Carroll

You could add Jody to the list too.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

The Seahawks had money to spend and didn’t. At least, not enough to attract a player who would immensely make their positions of need better. And I am not even talking about 2022. That seems, for all intents and purposes, was written off with the trade of Russell Wilson and the release of Bobby Wagner.

This premise was always wrong.

The Hawk's have 40M in dead cap money to clean off the books after doing things like trading Russ and cutting Bobby. That ate up over half of our cap space.

Thus the minor signings, and not major ones.

WAY too many holes to fill and replace on this talent depleted roster to just go after one or two of the major free agents.

 

[rgilliam11]

I'm not sure what the author is on about either, maybe they have no idea how dead money works. Expecting us to be "better faster" in 2022 with $50 million in dead money is not only unrealistic but bad strategy. Fee agency has never been the route to building a good team in the NFL.

Tell that to the Rams