What The DK Metcalf Trade Means For The Seahawks

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Well, the week of horrors continues for Seahawks fans. The Seattle Seahawks have traded star wide receiver DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 2025 second-round pick. The trade comes only four days after Metcalf requested a trade out of Seattle. The Seahawks have already cut Tyler Lockett and traded quarterback Geno Smith. The Steelers also signed Metcalf to a four-year, $132 million extension.

With these transactions, the Seahawks have freed up $68 million in cap space, and with all the holes on offense, they need it. By the looks of it, general manager John Schneider and head coach Mike Macdonald want to focus on building a strong defense and a run-heavy offense—the same recipe that Seattle used to win a Super Bowl in 2013. Macdonald helped turn around the Seahawks’ defense last year and is looking to build off that. They had big years from Leonard Williams, Devon Witherspoon, and Ernest Jones. The offense, however, is a different story.

The Seahawks fired offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb after just one season. The offensive line—boy, where do I begin? Outside of Charles Cross, they were not good, especially the guards. John Schneider has a history of not spending big money on offensive linemen in free agency, and that has been part of the problem in Seattle for the past decade. This year, with the amount of cap space he has, I don’t think he has a choice. You need to have a good offensive line to have success in the NFL. Look at teams like the Eagles and Chiefs. All the Super Bowl-contending teams have that in common. Plus, you need a great O-line to protect your quarterback.

Oh right, who’s Seattle’s quarterback? Remember what I said about Seattle having $68 million in cap space? Expect about $48 million to be spent on a quarterback. Who, you may ask? Sam Darnold. Yep, that’s right—the Seahawks are reportedly the favourites to sign Sam Darnold in free agency. If you told a Seahawks fan two years ago that Sam Darnold would be their quarterback, they might have thrown up. I can attest to this because, as a die-hard Seahawks fan, I would have. But in 2025, that might not be horrible. The quarterback draft classes coming up aren’t the greatest, and do you expect Sam Howell to be QB1? I don’t think so. Seattle already has some very solid pieces on offense in Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Kenneth Walker. If they add Darnold, a few O-linemen, and have a solid draft, these offseason moves may not be so horrible.

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