John Schneider gets a 4-year extension

[Maulbert]

We know this. It isn't the issue. I don't care if Schneider is gifted $100M. It's whether Schneider having a 4-year contract is good for the franchise and it sets the right tone. If Schneider is sacked 1 year into a 4-year extension it means the next GM contract isn't worth a damn. That might impact who replaces him and how they approach the job. Equally it might not.

From the outside it looks like sustaining mediocrity. Continuation is safe and easy. Change is hard and dangerous. I'm not positive about the 2025 team so i'm not a fan of this move. I can understand people who are very positive about the 2025 team liking this move a lot.

 

[Nosferatu]

There are so many unequivocally disastrous front offices in the NFL, it's comical. Having a fairly boring one, is fantastic. I'm all in on not rocking the boat right now. It gives a great sense of continuity to the team.

 

[Atradees]

The cap turnaround from the vets that left was kind of remarkable. The contracts handed out were slick as well. The draft was awesome.

John redeemed himself with me. I don't see how anyone could have done it better.

The games are comin soon. We need to be in the playoffs.

 

[NoGain]

Agree and my take on this development indicates Jody has no intent to sell the team within the next four years.

This has always been a bit of a mystery to me. She is obligated to sell the team as outlined in Paul Allen's will. But the when of that? I'd have to believe if she was offered a huge sum of money for the franchise in the coming years, she'd have to consider it. But barring that offer that she'd have to consider, franchises are profiting handsomely year in and year out, and franchise values have been going up and up, outpacing so many other investment vehicles out there. In light of this fact, my guess is she's got higher priorities in the estate to attend to now, though I don't know much about it or what they may be.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

The cap turnaround from the vets that left was kind of remarkable. The contracts handed out were slick as well. The draft was awesome.

John redeemed himself with me. I don't see how anyone could have done it better.

The games are comin soon. We need to be in the playoffs.

I think on paper things are looking good, whether it be the draft or cap and i'd expect us to be competing soon but ultimately games aren't played on paper and he needs to make the play offs. Even as a wild card, to show progress (and the Oline can't be a dumpster fire)

It's weird, I feel like the support is divided right now between people that loved Geno and Pete and hate JS for getting rid and those that just want to move on and see what's next. It will always be team first for me. Did I like Geno Smith, yes but some of the hype for a dude that made and played in one play off game seems over the top.

 

[toffee]

A lot of LOL self shoulder patting here. I saw this extension coming since the end of last season, for a few reasons.

Teacher's pet
Jody loves Schneider, from his and hers matching shirts to crowning Schneider as PRESIDENT of football operations. A title Pete never enjoyed.

Reading dot net
I am not sure if my posts sprouted the above love or merely fortified that love, especially my posts on Schneider's approach on fixing our OL. Public opinions count, and Jody needs the 12s on dot net to have her back when she makes major decisions. She got that from us.

OL
How Schneider fix our OL is a master class on NFL GMing, here, I am gonna repeat myself:

We had two teams that suffered from protection issues. Chicago Bears' 2024 OL was rated at #24 by PFF, and ours at #31. The solutions by the coaching staff and front office of the franchises were polar opposite.​

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Bears​

They identified the IOL as the problem and they signed FA IOL players to improve their line.​

Signed:​

Drew Dalman C, 3 years, $42 million PFF 78.8​

Jonah Jackson G, $12.5 mil PFF 67.5​

Joe Thuney G, $35 mil PFF 79.9​

Drafted:​

2nd round 56th Ozzy Trapilo OT​

6th round 195th Luke Newman OT​

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Hawks​

We identify the culprits as Geno Smith, SK Metcalf, and Tyler Lockett. All gone from the organization, cleansed. We didn't sign any IOL of note, but we used our 1st-round pick on a versatile 5-position lineman.​

We signed:​

Josh Jones OT 1 year, $4.75 million, PFF 43.2. A true low-end journeyman.​

Drafted:​

1st 18th Grey Zabel G​

6th 192th Bryce Cabeldue OT​

7th 234th Mason Richman OT​

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See the differences? We went to the root cause and pulled rotten teeth. The Bears? Bandaids. The two Schneiders, Macdonald, and Kubiak all have great confidence in our IOL.​

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New coming out of the Bears camp? Celab Willima still sucks, and money wasted on IOL didn't help.

 

[NoGain]

You could also throw in the fact that Schneider chose not to go after any of the top FA OLmen the previous off season when it was an even deeper FA class, if I remember correctly.

 

[Seahawker]

The Seahawks are currently valued at 6.11B. I have read that it could take 10- 20 years to sell the franchise and I hope JA keeps the team for the longer haul vs the shorter.
The Seahawks valuation increased a half a billion $ from 24' to 25', considering Paul paid 194M for them in 1997, probably not pressed to sell.

 

[toffee]

You could also throw in the fact that Schneider chose not to go after any of the top FA OLmen the previous off season when it was an even deeper FA class, if I remember correctly.

Great point! Posts like yours are the very reason why Jody ain't making no decisions without perusing dot net.

 

[Ostatehawk]

There are so many unequivocally disastrous front offices in the NFL, it's comical. Having a fairly boring one, is fantastic. I'm all in on not rocking the boat right now. It gives a great sense of continuity to the team.

All I needed to give me some level of faith in JS was to see that Pete signed a broken Jamal Adams. Seeing this I have to believe that Pete was - at least for the most part - steering the ship while he was here.

 

[NoGain]

I don't know if I'm in the minority on this around here, but I 100% saw the JA trade as PC's brain child. I truly believe no way JS makes that trade without PC in his ear about it. Having said that, he's still got his signature on it, and perhaps will never admit that this was so.

 

[Aircrew]

This has always been a bit of a mystery to me. She is obligated to sell the team as outlined in Paul Allen's will. But the when of that? I'd have to believe if she was offered a huge sum of money for the franchise in the coming years, she'd have to consider it. But barring that offer that she'd have to consider, franchises are profiting handsomely year in and year out, and franchise values have been going up and up, outpacing so many other investment vehicles out there. In light of this fact, my guess is she's got higher priorities in the estate to attend to now, though I don't know much about it or what they may be.

If I were her and I was intent on eventually selling, I'd wait for a hotter economy and sell at the top of the market.

 

[Ostatehawk]

I don't know if I'm in the minority on this around here, but I 100% saw the JA trade as PC's brain child. I truly believe no way JS makes that trade without PC in his ear about it. Having said that, he's still got his signature on it, and perhaps will never admit that this was so.

And this stands to reason as Pete just signed him again with the raiders

 

[Wsumatt1982]

Good. We are on the right track. He and MM are a team and we need to keep that around. One of the top 5 GM's in the league.

 

[NoGain]

I remember PC being asked who was the best player he ever coached in college? To paraphrase, he said he would never answer such a question, never single out a player such as Troy Polamalu in that way (tongue-in-cheek). I think he saw the ghost of TP in JA. He was being optimistic, positive Pete thinking we were just one TP away from competing for a Super Bowl championship that year, and was willing to bank on that thought.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Good. We are on the right track. He and MM are a team and we need to keep that around. One of the top 5 GM's in the league.

I think we will be able to say this within the next 2 years without anyone arguing too hard - maybe sooner.

That blurb I saw the other day about how young we are (like second in the league or something) is HUGE - just HUGE!

 

[Ostatehawk]

I remember PC being asked who was the best player he ever coached in college? To paraphrase, he said he would never answer such a question, never single out a player such as Troy Polamalu in that way (tongue-in-cheek). I think he saw the ghost of TP in JA. He was being optimistic, positive Pete thinking we were just one TP away from competing for a Super Bowl championship that year, and was willing to bank on that thought.

I get that - and don't even disagree - Adams was a phenom when healthy. But once it blew up in his PC's face why go back for more in Oakland?

 

[jammerhawk]

This to me is good news and signals an ownership desire for FO stability.

Cool beans!!!

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He's had some clunkers, but he's also done a LOT of good things.

 

[Hawknight]

Just heard it on 710 ESPN. 4 year extension for John Schneider.

Seahawks To Extend GM John Schneider​

July 30th, 2025 at 11:20am CST by Sam Robinson
The Seahawks moved John Schneider to the top of their personnel pyramid in 2024, firing Pete Carroll and giving their GM final personnel say. A year later, the team is extending its longtime front office boss.
Schneider and the Seahawks have agreed on a four-year extension, according to FOX’s Jay Glazer. The new deal will push Schneider’s contract through 2030. Schneider has been in place as Seattle GM since 2010. Were he to finish out this contract, the Super Bowl-winning decision-maker would become one of the longest-tenured GMs in NFL history.

I didn't think this would happen until at least after this season...is this contingent on whether we suck or not this season?