Seahawks take action on February 16 by taking no action.
Three other Seahawks, meanwhile, had their entire or partial wage guarantees confirmed on Friday. Once more, none of them should come as a huge surprise or an intriguing choice, but it’s still important to make the housekeeping remark.
- DK Metcalf ($13 million)
- Dre’Mont Jones ($7 million of $11 million).
- Jason Myers ($3.635 million)
- Uchenna Nwosu ($9.4 million)
Dre’Mont Jones, who didn’t exactly impress in his debut season of a three-year, $51 million contract, was presumably the lone area of uncertainty. Since he was the only member of the Field Gulls without a complete wage guarantee, the following is John Gilbert’s extensive explanation of his circumstances:
A portion of Jones’s base salary for 2024 is injury guaranteed; on the Friday following the Super Bowl, this guarantee will become fully guaranteed. In Jones’ instance, that sum is $7 million. In Jones’ case, this vesting guarantee implies that the Seahawks would have to recognize $13.33 million against the salary cap, which represents the 2024 and 2025 portions of his $20 million signing bonus, in addition to $7 million in compensation.
Regarding the supporters who are suggesting that the Seahawks should release Jones after June 1st, the truth is that the NFL does not permit such a release until after the new league year begins in March. This naturally implies that a post-June 1 release would cost the Seahawks $6.66 million in 2025 cap space in order to save $4.51 million in 2024 cap space. Additionally, a post-June 1 release would not be conceivable until the vesting into a full guarantee of that $7 million base salary.
A pre-June 1 trade of Jones won’t save much money, and cutting him isn’t an option unless you want to pay quadruple the dead money as opposed to savings from caps.
Although Myers’s field goal % may not have been the finest this season, he excelled at PATs and was given many more kicking assignments than he should have. Once more, there is very little to no benefit to letting him leave.
Nwosu was a formality because he is undoubtedly one of the team’s most effective players, and when he returns from injury, it will be wonderful to have him in Mike Macdonald’s backfield.
“What if they trade DK Metcalf?” conversation will not be entertained by me unless there are verifiable rumors that it might occur. Don’t allow anyone to adopt the mindset that “wide receivers don’t matter” because the Chiefs won the Super Bowl once more.
We’re probably in for a little bit of an There will be a hiatus in the offseason until March 13, when the Seahawks and the rest of the NFL begin their free agency.