The Seattle Seahawks have a host of free agency decisions to make, and with one, they have the chance to continue a long-standing trend.
The Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions, and while celebrations are likely still ongoing, the front office has to get to work, and soon.
Why? Because NFL free agency is just around the corner, the Seahawks have several key pieces that they must decide on. Who do they want to keep around, and who do they not?
That can be a difficult thing to do for any team, let alone one that has just won a Super Bowl, but there is a clear order in which the Seahawks should conduct their business with their free agents.
Who is at the top of the priority list, and who isn't?
For CBS Sports' Zachary Pereles, Seattle's biggest free agency must is an easy one to anticipate.
"The Seahawks have several high-level players set to hit free agency," Pereles writes. "That's the cost of winning a Super Bowl, and Seattle will certainly take that over any alternative. Kenneth Walker III was the Super Bowl MVP, putting the icing on a tremendous postseason.
"No Super Bowl MVP has played for a different team the next season in over two decades. With Zach Charbonnet coming off a torn ACL, the Seahawks should make Walker, 25, a priority."
In truth, that is low-hanging fruit, but it's right on the money.
Given what Walker was able to do in the regular season, he then took his game up several notches as the lead back without Zach Charbonnet, and he played a key role in all of Seattle's three playoff wins, which included the Super Bowl.
The big question for Seattle is how quickly it wants to get Walker's situation handled, and more to the point, does it want to?
Both sides have stated their desire to remain together, but as we know, money does funny things, and when it comes to Walker, you can make the case that he is one of the most sought-after free agents in football.
There will be no shortage of suitors for his services, and Spotrac.com has his market value set at $9 million APY.
You can make the case that Walker could even get James Cook-type money, at $12 million APY, because his playoff performances alone say he deserves it.
Either way, Walker and the Seahawks will likely get a deal done at some point because both know how important he is to the offense and the team's success.
This has a feel of when, not if.