By james art 
Before we start, I would like to thank you to everyone who sent a question for this extra -season mail bag. Many of the questions included appreciation for my work here and to Christopher Kid in our Seahawks Man 2 MAN podcast. We have edited the questions about brevity, but I would like to understand that I saw all the kind words and I am very grateful.
Now, let’s get to him.
What are some ways Hawks burst out of the Fringe Playoff Purgatory Player? How likely is the team win a Super Bowl without any kind of tear? (Passing of a rookie QB and contract benefits.) – Corwin P.
The key to the construction of the list for each team is to acquire players who provide a lot of returns to their investment. That is why the project is so vital and why teams are sometimes worried about the cost of a free agent. There are many escape paths from the cleansing for Seahawks, but the best thing would be to start seeing an extremely high return on investment from your drafts in the trenches.
Seahawks need boys like Charles Cross, Abe Lucas and Boy Mafe to take this step from the good to the elite. They need Derrick Hall and Olu Olovatimi to move from decent to dominant. They prepared four liners in 2024-Bayron Murphy II, Christian Haines, Sataaa Lauma and Michael Jerell-and if one of them starts to look like Pro Bowl-Caliber players, Seattle will be in good shape. Then, of course, they will need immediate contributions from the class of recruits. This would raise the whole team without a tear, something I don’t predict that GM John Schneider is doing.
Home running at a free agency is also very necessary. The Eagles have a bunch of examples this year in Sakun Barkley, CJ Gardner-Johnson, Zack Baun and Mekhi Becton. The commanders also found good value in a free agency. Seattle needs such a season, similar to the spring of 2013, when Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett were acquired.
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If you had to choose between the reservation of DK Metcalf (assuming Tyler Lockett goes elsewhere) and spend a few proven guards, which would you choose? Similarly, Genno Smith or Justin Fields plus an offensive liner? – Alan H.
I look at the Eagles and Lions and I see teams that run offensive schemes designed around QB in Game Manager. With this, as a context, can we predict a situation where Seahawks restart the crime without a gendo and DK? – JD B.
Seahawks can simply improve their list and be immediately competitive without moving from Geno Smith or DK Metcalf. I need everyone to accept this first sentence as a fact, because all these scenarios, framed around saving SMITH/Metcalf or improving the list and fixing O-Line, as mutually exclusive roads work from insufficient prerequisite. Seahawks are not in any/or script.
Some of the best crimes in the league this season had expensive discounts-the only defender of the rookie in the top 10 of the assessment points was Jaden Daniels-and good supporting actors in the front, including O-Line. Kansas City, Buffalo and Baltimore have good offensive lines and expensive discounts. Ditto for Detroit and Fili, two teams with expensive, non -elite defenders, kicks and Dear skill players.
The most common thread here is consistently preparing well, expanding the players of the home and the inclusion of a hole or two in a free agency. Seattle has the ability to do this for years – the front office is just waving. Getting rid of Smith or Metcalfe will not make them better in the distribution of resources or talent assessment.
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How much money do you expect Seahawks to spend on free agents? Will there be MM input how to spend it? – Jude M.
Mike McDonald will have information on how money is spent, yes. It is not clear how much included will be in the actual dollar data, but McDonald and Schneider will identify their priorities and will accordingly attack the market as the budget allows.
I would be surprised if Seattle signed an external free agent for an average eight digit a year, which would reasonably qualify as signing a “spraying” (the only deal that coincides with this description in the last few years went to Dre’s Mont Jones ). I expect a handful of low -risk, one -year deals and maybe a free agent of a deal Uchenna Nwosu, which is an average of $ 9.5 million in 2022.
What are the chances that Schneider will listen to the mind and make the best O-line perspective on the board in 1 round? What else do you expect to do seahawks in the draft? – Jeff M.
What are some of the best prospects that Seahawks can get with their choice from the first round of positions? – Raav G.
Assuming that the offensive coping and the defender are not urgent needs for Cross, Lucas and Smith, here are some players who need to help Seahawks if they are available with the 18th choice.
- Tyler Booker, OG, Alabama
- Donovan Jackson, OT/G, Ohio
- Armand Membou, OT/G, Missouri
- James Pierce, Jr., Edge, Tennessee
- Shemar Stewart, Edge, Texas A & M
I work on a large board with three rounds that will have more names and a more detailed analysis, but so far these are a few guys to look at.
As for expectations, it is difficult to say before you attend the Scout combine in Indianapolis. At the moment I would imagine that everything is on the table included the apostate.
With Klint Kubiak as a new offensive coordinator, do you see any chance of investing in O-Line? – Eric W.
Based on GM comments that security is over-refined and overpass, is it time for fans to accept that JS will not make meaningful improvements to O-Line? – Stephen W.
Investments on offensive lines are imperative, regardless of the coordinator. Schneider knows this and I expect him to continue to make swings in front – just no large swings, by themselves. Last year, he prepared three offensive liners and signed five in a free agency, including Connor Williams in August. The problem is not the number of attempts as much as the performance.
Schneider can make meaningful O-Line superstructures without breaking the bank, but he and his staff need to be much better in the evaluation process. The evaluation part is important because even if Schneider rotates from his belief that internal offensive liners are overdone and overpass, he will still have to pay to Precisely liner and drawing up Precisely Guy in early circles. The record of the first and second rounds of Schneider with O-linemen is not strong outside Russell Okung and Cross.
What will the WR room look like next year? – Josh S.
It would not surprise me if Metcalfe and Jackson Smith-Nigba are the only familiar persons in the list of 53 people up to a week. The rest of the device is distinguished by solid backups, but there is room to try to upgrade the back end of the depth diagram with more threats to the field. They need to look for better versions of what they have meant with boys like Marquise Goodwin and Dee Escridge.
What is a realistic position for a free agent, both offensive and defensive, can you see the front office chasing? – Cullen A.
It is difficult to say what is realistic at this moment. This was said that in the insult I could see Seattle, who pursued the guards of 49ers Aaron Banks. In the defense, the collection of Poona Ford makes sense if the team wants a more cheaper, more than a young replacement for the upcoming free agents Jaran Reed or Jonathan Hankins. If Art Burns and Tre Brown are not signed again, I see Seattle walking after an angle of Raiders Nate Hobbs.
What do you think about K9 in Cubiak’s insult? Will the new OC be able to use his skills better? He is the right back for us? – kf
Ken Walker III will be fine in the area of ​​work of the area. He is fast and capable of hitting a crease for a big profit, which he often made as a rookie. Walker’s vision will still need to improve so that he does not put his blockers able to download calls by unnecessary jumping out, but the Cubiack scheme will be decent. Walker can explode through canvas for cutting with the best of them if the offensive line plays its role.
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What parts of Cubiak’s path to Seattle do you think it will allow him to get the most current core and be more successful than Shane Waldron or Ryan Rough? – John L.
If Cubiak can only bring one lesson learned from his previous stops, let’s hope that this is whatever he has taken from Red Zone from the 2023 season with San Francisco. 49ers had the best breach of the Red Zone in the League in the same year (the saints ranked 11th last year). Seattle should desperately be better in the Red Zone, and if Cubiak can pull it, he will be in a good position to be upgraded over his predecessors.
What is the likelihood of replacing Tyler with another WR through the draft or free agency like the WR3? Or do we play more 12 staff with Noah Fant as a third successor? – Rafi H.
I would keep Locket on a new contract. He is a good WR3 in a team trying to fight.
As for the staff, I am interested in if Cubiak wants to use a full relationship. The saints ranked fifth in 21 use of staff last season, and wearing this style of play will be a deviation from what Seattle has done in the last few seasons. The real WR3 would still matter. 2023 49ERS will be the plan in this regard; They were 21 staff, who relied a lot on the full defender Kyle Dzhushchik, but also had use as a successor successor like Jauan Jennings.
How do you treat Kubiak and how does MM want to play? Is there a chance for JS and MM to fall in love with a name/story again (as well as with Grubb to be OC from Washington) instead of looking for the most tactical/strategic match? – Vincent V.
McDonald generally said a bunch of commonly used fashion words to describe his preferred style of insult. Saying that you want to be physical, dictate the conditions and attract the ball of your skills players in space is not exactly revealing. Adopting Ryan’s chance and then returning to a seemingly opposite approach with Cubiak suggests that McDonald is open to various types of schemes. However, Cubiak’s scheme has been proven, so if it works, it must satisfy McDonald’s term that his crime dictates the conditions of defense.
Is Schneider now in the hot seat? – Harry S.
The hot seat is probably strong with how difficult it is to read on the mind of team owner Jody Allen, who never talks to the media. However, if Schneider does not build a list that can compete in the 2nd year without Pete Carol, it is difficult to see that the property continues to benefit him from doubt. It is obvious how much the lack of talent in Seattle has contributed to the fact that the team is not reaching expectations.
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Would it make sense to choose QB in 1 or 2 round to allow him to learn a year behind a gend and then start it in his second year? – Niklas P.
The discounts are so valuable that it always makes sense to swing with perspective if you think it can be a starter. Schneider knows this, so I am surprised that he has made only two in Seattle. He has to risk one of this class. I’m not big for anyone other than CAM Ward or Sedeur Sanders in the first round, but there may be some draft and development options in the third round like Jalen Milroe or 3rd with perspectives like Tyler Shough or Kyle McCord.
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