The Seahawks are NFL champs, but that comes with a price, and it's one that they might end up paying for this offseason.
The Seattle Seahawks are likely still basking in the glow of their Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots, but for all 31 other teams, work has already begun on trying to close the gap.
The Seahawks were one of the most consistent teams in football in 2025 across all three phases, which is tough to do consistently. But Mike Macdonald managed to pull it off, and now, in his second season, he has a Super Bowl ring.
But while reaching the top of the mountain is the ultimate for any NFL player or coach, staying there is even harder.
Mostly because going back-to-back is so hard to do, but also because your players became the center of other teams' attention.
And the Seahawks have several key free agents this offseason, that the rest of the league will be circling like sharks.
For Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox, in his worst-case scenario piece, the Seahawks lose a big chunk of their roster.
"Several key contributors, including cornerback Riq Woolen, receiver/returner Rashid Shaheed, cornerback Josh Jobe, safety Coby Bryant, and Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III, are slated to be free agents next month," Knox wrote. "Other teams will be interested in them, looking to get a piece of that Super Bowl puzzle.
“A worst-case scenario, though, would see the Seahawks lose the majority of their top free agents, along with Kubiak and several assistants, and end up with a team incapable of navigating the Super Bowl hangover.”
Now, the good thing for the Seahawks when it comes to their free agency class is that, per Over The Cap, at the time of writing, they have a little over $63 million in cap space.
So that means the franchise can afford to re-sign several of those free agents.
Yes, some might leave for godfather-like offers elsewhere, but there's no reason someone like Kenneth Walker won't return for the money. Seattle has plenty.
In an ideal world, Seattle would run it back with everyone, but as we know, the NFL is a forever-changing industry, and losing players is just part of the game.
But Seattle will be hoping that it doesn't lose all of its key players, because defending your Super Bowl crown is tough enough, let alone doing it with a key section of your roster on other teams.