The Seahawks chose to let one instrumental player leave in free agency, but should they have kept them around?
The Seattle Seahawks have had an interesting offseason, with a host of free agents walking and a couple of key pieces re-signed.
One of the big areas to watch was what the franchise did with running back Kenneth Walker.
He was a key part of the Seahawks Super Bowl run, and with Zach Charbonnet out with an ACL injury, he was forced to be the bell cow for Klint Kubiak's offense.
And he did it with aplomb.
But because of that, his price rose, and the Seahawks didn't tag him. Leaving two options on the table.
Re-sign him or let him walk. And the Seahawks allowed him to walk to the Kansas City Chiefs on a three-year deal paying roughly $14 million APY.
With Walker gone and Charbonnet injured, the running back room isn't a strength anymore.
And for Yago Antunes of Clutchpoints.com, he thinks Seattle's biggest mistake in free agency was allowing Walker to walk and not have an adequate replacement.
"To me, the most significant mistake Seattle made was allowing the running back position to become a problem so early in the offseason," Antunes wrote. "The mistake lies in the timing, the roster context, and the way this offense is structured.
"Furthermore, this loss came at a time when Zach Charbonnet’s health already made the backfield less stable than it appeared. Instead, the backfield went from being a strength to a significant question mark in just a few days."
Is Antunes right?
There is no doubt that the Seahawks have left themselves in a tough situation.
With no Walker and Charbonnet injured and likely to miss a significant portion of the early part of the season, who are Seattle's running backs?
Emanuel Wilson, George Holani and Kenny McIntosh.
That group doesn't exactly strike fear in to opposing defenses.
So you can easily make the case that the Seahawks' biggest mistake, while allowing Walker to leave, wasn't ideal, which is not having an adequate replacement ready to roll for the early stage of the season.
Is that Wilson? Possibly.
Right, but now, the Seahawks' rushing attack isn't going to be anywhere near what it was in 2025.
And that's largely their own doing.