The Seahawks have seen a handful of players walk this offseason, but they've also managed to re-sign a host of players as well.
One of the Seattle Seahawks' biggest themes this offseason has been to take care of their own and not go outside the building looking to improve the roster.
As Super Bowl champs, the Seahawks would have had some pull in free agency, but they remained largely quiet, allowing Kenneth Walker, Riq Woolen, Boye Mafe, and Coby Bryant all to walk out the door.
The roster depth was a strength for Mike Macdonald, so allowing those to leave was likely all part of the plan.
So too was re-signing its star players.
And the Seahawks have just got another one done, re-signing Leonard Williams to a three-year, $90 million deal.
That now makes it a total of five key players that the Seahawks have managed to secure this offseason, and that can't be underestimated.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (four years, $168 million), Devon Witherspoon (four years, $132 million), Rashid Shaheed (three years, $51 million), Derick Hall (three years, $42 million), and then Williams' deal. That is a good group to keep around.
Of course, there will be those who think the Seahawks should have tried to keep Walker, but at the price he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs for ($14.3 million APY), that was clearly too rich for the Seahawks.
Plus, with George Holani and now Jadarian Price, Seattle clearly feels good about its running back room.
The theme of the offseason was there for all to see early on, as Walker and others were allowed to explore free agency, as the Seahawks likely didn't have much appetite to bring them back.
Not when they also likely had plans for JSN, Shaheed, Witherspoon, and others, because there are a couple of top and near-top of the market deals in there.
Salary cap pie, folks.
And with Williams' deal, it perhaps puts a nice cherry on top of the work from John Schneider and the front office this offseason as the Seahawks look to keep a young nucleus of their stars together for what they hope will be another fruitful season.
Signing their own was clearly the plan as Seattle entered the offseason, and Schneider and his team have followed it.
Whether or not you agree with it, you have to be impressed with their conviction in the plan, and if it means you say goodbye to a Super Bowl MVP and some good starting/depth pieces, but to retain JSN, Witherspoon, and Williams, among others, I think that's a fair deal.
And it's clear Seattle thinks so too.
