Riqs Agent - indicating a move

[RiverDog]

If that play would have cost Seahawks the NFCCG, this could have been how he would be leaving Seattle....

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Not very funny. Be careful of what you post. JMHO.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I can't wait to visit the subreddit of whatever dumb team overpays for him.

 

[Torc]

I keep seeing that he's made the taunting mistake repeatedly. Speaking objectively, he's gotten three taunting penalties in his career, all of them this year. In 2025 he had 9 penalties. Jobe had 8 penalties in 2025 (none of them for taunting), for comparison's sake.

I would not mind seeing him back....but I think it is more likely another team overpays for him. I don't think Schneider will.

 

[RiverDog]

I keep seeing that he's made the taunting mistake repeatedly. Speaking objectively, he's gotten three taunting penalties in his career, all of them this year. In 2025 he had 9 penalties. Jobe had 8 penalties in 2025 (none of them for taunting), for comparison's sake.

I would not mind seeing him back....but I think it is more likely another team overpays for him. I don't think Schneider will.

I don't think that Woolen got the memo that the league was cracking down on taunting this season.

 

[DJrmb]

With what draft capital

If you read the thread that was already discussed.

 

[warden]

I don’t hate on Players

I don’t hate on Woolen

But

I didn’t want to resign Metcalf at 30 mil
I didn’t want to resign Geno at 47 mil

I sure do not want to resign Woolen North of 20 Mil

You need to get top value for your dollar.

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

Woolen leaving is a great for Seattle in terms of salary cap. The guy is solid athletically but has mental lapses in key moments that come back to bite whatever team he is on. So, yes, he should by all means pursue a huge contract—just not with Seattle. Woolen, got his ring and throughout the course of his time in Seattle made some plays here and there and a team will pay Woolen, I’m just glad it will not be Seattle.

Seattle and Schneider can draft secondary players really well, especially, in the late rounds of the draft so I’m not concerned about depth.

I’m alright, go get paid, you got a ring, what’s left to do is be paid. Woolen, just won’t be paid by Seattle.

 

[warden]

After Pete took us to two straight appearances we became stagnant

Why

Everyone wanted to get paid

Stretched your resources to thin trying to keep our core players.

The same thing will happen again, if we play our cards right, we may be contenders for another year or two before it all catches up with us. Then we will be stagnant again, trying to keep it going,

Just the vicious cycle of the NFL

 

[Jac]

Woolen leaving is a great for Seattle in terms of salary cap. The guy is solid athletically but has mental lapses in key moments that come back to bite whatever team he is on. So, yes, he should by all means pursue a huge contract—just not with Seattle. Woolen, got his ring and throughout the course of his time in Seattle made some plays here and there and a team will pay Woolen, I’m just glad it will not be Seattle.

Seattle and Schneider can draft secondary players really well, especially, in the late rounds of the draft so I’m not concerned about depth.

I’m alright, go get paid, you got a ring, what’s left to do is be paid. Woolen, just won’t be paid by Seattle.

Agreed, this is just about salary cap allocation. JS has to be careful in his second go-around with post-SB roster construction.

 

[chris98251]

Kind of sounds like Shawn Springs all over again.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

After Pete took us to two straight appearances we became stagnant

Why

Everyone wanted to get paid

Stretched your resources to thin trying to keep our core players.

The same thing will happen again, if we play our cards right, we may be contenders for another year or two before it all catches up with us. Then we will be stagnant again, trying to keep it going,

Just the vicious cycle of the NFL

Our downfall was abandoning the trenches for Skill players over time. Paid/traded for Harvin, Graham and numerous safeties let Unger, Red Bryant, Giacomini and Okung eventually walk. I think we should always be building up both lines over anything else and hope the rest sorts itself out/go cheaper there where possible.

 

[Trackhawk]

G

Not dissing, but is Woolen really top 10?? Maybe I'm underestimating him.

I mean, at one point mid season I saw where his PFF grade was 154/165 and he had the 3rd most penalties in the league.

good legit question. If he stayed focused, then yes, I do think he is. Unfortunately, he doesn't stay focused, and opposing OCs know to watch for that, and take advantage of it. I expect some coach to believe that he can work with Riq, to keep him on track. If that turns out to be correct, and Woolen goes on a tear, that doesn't necessarily mean he would do the same if he stayed here.

The most I would pay him here is $10 apy

 

[Seahawker]

Not surprising that Riq and his agent are setting the bar high for his 6'-4", 4.3, SB winning cornerback services. This is a lifetime business decision, ask high negotiating tactic and some team will count out the greenbacks for him.
I'm not lumping Woolen in with DK & Geno but the only way Seattle re-signs RW27 is on a very team friendly, performance based deal with bonuses off the table with boneheaded penalties/actions.
We have too many of our own FA's to re-sign and this CB draft class has a dozen in the top 100. There could also be a FA CB on the market that would love to play on this team and have a chance at earning a ring before their career ends.

 

[chrispy]

To get the comp pick in return more FAs need to leave than be signed. Considering the value of the potential losses, this could be an off season where JS carefully manages and gets back draft capital. That said, Seattle should be a desirable place for FAs and there are holes to fill. Comp picks aren't guaranteed.

But the other DB FAs should be a higher priority to sign and should make more sense for Cap. Riq doesn't really want to be here (BOM). Thanks for the contributions. After your 2nd contract, and you see how good you had it, come back for your third.

 

[sutz]

I have already said I wouldn't mind getting Woolen back. I wouldn't get into a bidding war over him, though.

 

[Mick063]

Of all the free agents, the easiest to move on from. Woolen is the guy that McVey likes to pick on. Great natural talent but can be predictably undisciplined. He just doesn't fit Macdonald's cerebral aspects of the game, even when considering that Macdonald has hacked the art of making his complexity teachable. Further, Pritchett isn't ready to fill his shoes and may never be, although he did make at least one highlight reel play this year (A memorable endzone PBU against the Cardinals). The team obviously needs to add some quality corner competition in the off season. I always did think that it was a mistake lowballing Mike Jackson, a more reliable player than Woolen. As an every down player, Jackson's play was consistently impressive for the Panthers this year and he held up against Stafford much better than Woolen ever did.

 

[OGHawkDawg]

Riq is going to get close to $20mil APY. Free Agency is just as much about your potential as it's about your contributions. He seems just like the type of player that gets a big payday and then his play degrades.

Coby is not going to generate nearly the same level of interest I bet he's going to be much closer to $10mil APY

 

[chris98251]

Riq doesn't play 4.3 fast, he is slow to read and bites on fakes easliy, thats lack of flim and laziness time, when he decides to be all in he can be a lock down guy, but who knows when he will do that, aside from his dumb penalties. His speed and height are unique for his size combination, but.........nah I will wait and see, need to look at the draft at some point and see whats there.

 

[MoldyPurpleMayo]

I could see them signing Humphries AND drafting Cisse in the 1st

 

[dopeboy206]

Didn’t mm trade Mike Jackson for some linebacker we cut two days later

Yeah Michael Barrett

We traded him for a bag of chips bro