Seahawks Off-Season

As the Seattle Mariner are in spring training getting ready for their 2017 regular season to get ready in April I will  write about the Seahawks off-season.

It was nice to see the NFL was able to get past the Richard Sherman injury and not fine the Seahawks a draft pick. I hope not to hear much about Sherman until pre-season gets underway. I know that we heard enough about him already.

I am sure we will hear about Kam Chancellor’s contract since he has a year remaining on it. Like Michael Bennet the Seahawks could give him an extension depending how healthy they feel he will be. We do know that he is an important part of the Seahawks defense.

New Thursday February 28 will be when Coach Pete Carroll, general manager John Schneider and their staffs will be going to Indianapolis for the college combine. The question is what the Seahawks will be looking for in the college draft. I expect early in the draft they will go for the best player available whether it is a defensive back or an offensive tackle especially. The rest of the draft would not surprise me if they go with a lot of defensive players since last year they went the offensive route instead.

When it comes to veteran free agency they may go for an offensive tackle and a defensive back depending how the draft goes. When it comes to college free agency we will see players all over the map when it comes to positions.

The Seahawks may lose a few players themselves in veteran free agency.  One of the big ones could be tight end Luke Willson. Though he would like to stay a Seahawk they may not be able to afford what other teams may give to him. The Seahawks have other priorities to fill positions. Of course if he does leave the Seahawks will look for someone at a more reasonable price.

The Seahawks have the lowest offensive line when it comes to salary in the league so it would not be a surprise if they pick up a real good veteran tackle if the draft doesn’t bring along a good player to fill the spot. The importance is not to keep going the way they have been in the last several years. The center with Justin Britt and the guard spots seem to be filled nicely. The Seahawks ended the season with George Fant at left tackle who never played the position before last season on any level and Garry Gilliam at right tackle who had an up and down season. Gilliam doesn’t seem to be any more than a backup and the question is still out on Fant. I am sure the Seahawks will have competition at both positions going into training camp. Hopefully a veteran will come in at one of those two spots or a draft pick.

We will see what Coach Carroll and John Schneider will like after the combine is over and I am sure we will hear some names as far as veteran free agents as well. While I be watching baseball I will keep my eye on the Seahawks as well. Go Hawks!!