Potential Adams/Diggs replacements

[OneLofaTatupu]

It’s interesting to see all these veteran safeties getting dumped. As teams shift to getting younger and cheaper it will be interesting to see how desperate teams are to overpay in FA.

I’m all for younger and cheaper (and hungry) - maybe we can pass the memo along to other non-entertainment entities

 

[SeaWolv]

No doubt. Would love to see them trade down and get an extra pick or two. Unless a beast like Byron Murphy is sitting there at 16.

Personally I hope they use that pick on a QB. Rolling with Spoon, Love, Reed and Woolen might be fine with MM running the show. Maybe grab a Simmons or McKinney in FA. We need to re-sign Big Cat, Fant, Lewis, Love, Parkinson and Brooks (?). Then find another DT, ILB, S and IOL in the draft or FA. With all that we may not have enough cap space.

 

[JayhawkMike]

Man Pete made some really bad trades that hamstrung this team. They really need some more draft picks in the 2,3, & 4 rounds. There are some guys that are going to fall to the 2nd and 3rd round that probably should go in the first. Cooper Desean, Payton Wilson, Ladd McConkey, possibly. Guys that could change a team like Luke McCaffrey. And guys they should sniff at like Logan Lee, etc.

Are we going to assign blame for any bad moves to PC and credit any good moves to JS?

 

[DirectMessage]

Are we going to assign blame for any bad moves to PC and credit any good moves to JS?

Nope. I have never been sold on JS and he should be on a short leash. If this team isn't in better shape in the next couple of years he should be gone. Most of these bad trades were on the defensive side of the ball, so Pete should own most of the blame.

 

[SeaWolv]

I wanted him to be a better player, but he was ALWAYS out of position. No more Bryant, please.

I'm not saying as a starter but maybe as a backup. We don't yet have the luxury of moving all the mediocre players out yet.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I can see where people would want to see him under Macdonald too though.

 

[Appyhawk]

8 free agent safeties who could replace Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs

With that in mind, here are eight potential replacements for Adams and Diggs in free agency.

seahawkswire.usatoday.com

I'm sure MM and JS have a plan, or at least hope they do but they are certainly on the right track by taking out Adams and Diggs.

We already replaced Adams with Love. Reed, our special teams ace, could be a potential replacement for Diggs.

 

[JPatera76]

We already replaced Adams with Love. Reed, our special teams ace, could be a potential replacement for Diggs.

I was excited when they picked up love. And when he was given the chance in the right position and right plays, he excelled

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Love is just a really steady and disciplined player out there. I'd feel plenty confident with him being the starter in 2024.

 

[Appyhawk]

Love is just a really steady and disciplined player out there. I'd feel plenty confident with him being the starter in 2024.

Reed is very fast and plays with a disposition mirroring Spoon. I hope he heals up good and comes back with fire in his eyes.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

That interception he had on the sidelines to seal the deal was Earl level range to make a play.

 

[Hipflexor]

I don't know how anyone can be encouraged by anything they've seen from Bryant. He's more likely to get cut before the season than he is to competently man a starting position.

Bryant would rival Tedric and Lano as the most useless safeties in team history

 

[Rat]

Are we going to assign blame for any bad moves to PC and credit any good moves to JS?

You mean "continue to"?

 

[Rat]

Bryant would rival Tedric and Lano as the most useless safeties in team history

Sadly, that would feel likely. I thought fans were being delusional last year pretending that moving him from corner to safety was anything other than a bad sign.

I liked him a lot at Cincy and had hopes he could be our Peanut Tillman, but he just looks overmatched in this league. I might have underrated the Sauce Gardner effect.

 

[warden]

I would not be surprised to see us pick up Geno Stone in free agency

 

[Spin Doctor]

I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't sign a single big name safety come FA. I've said this in other threads, but I suspect that we're going to make Witherspoon our Hamilton. He was already used in a similar fashion here in Seattle. Carroll kept making comparisons to Troy Polamalu as well, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities that we would've seen something similar here in Seattle with Carroll as well.

One of the key players in MM's defensive scheme is a versatile DB that can be anywhere at a moments notice, ala Kyle Hamilton. He'd kick out to nickel CB, play more like a LB, come off the edge to rush the passer, sometimes he'd square up on the teams best receiver. I can't think of any FA that has that skillset, but we do have our very own guy here that did many of those things, Devon Witherspoon.