The Super Bowl winners don't have much wiggle room in discussing a repeat championship if they can't supplement these roster pieces. They have the cap room to make it happen, and not owning many draft picks makes the decisions that much more critical.
The Seattle Seahawks will soon enter free agency with nine unrestricted free agents and nine more as exclusive or restricted free agents.
That's a loaded group that needs attending, but at $74 million under the cap to work with, it's possible. There also extension candidates like Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon Witherspoon to worry about, too, if deemed necessary.
Some of these contract negotiations will commence with players and their agents as the team brass is in Indianapolis for the upcoming NFL Draft Scouting Combine.
The draft is important for every team, but for the Seahawks, it shouldn't be attended to as much as this crop of free agents because Seattle owns just four draft picks, highlighted by No. 32 at the bottom of the first round.
Four rookies won't be enough to supplement the potential roster turnover via free agency, so here are five players that Seattle must hone in on to avoid a potentially detrimental roster exodus:
RB Kenneth Walker III
The obvious leader is the Seahawks' fourth-year running back who capped a fine postseason with a Super Bowl LX MVP performance.
He's expected to receive a new contract of between $8-11 million, with his market value according to Spotrac at $9 million APY.
In the running back market, the Dallas Cowboys surprisingly made the first re-signing news as they locked in Javonte Williams for three-years, $24 million ($8 million APY).
Walker and Williams profile as a similar type rusher, but the postseason success should clearly give Walker's representation a starting point at least above Williams' mark in the early negotiation stages.
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CBs Riq Woolen, Josh Jobe, Coby Bryant
A best-case scenario would be Seattle re-signing each of their young secondary members to keep continuity of the league's best defense, which was a defining factor in this year's Super Bowl run.
It won't be easy as each player is projected to make near a $10 million salary, and that's a lot of money to spread out evenly across one position group. That's also considering the incoming extension for safety Witherspoon.
At worst, the Seahawks should hone in on two of the three and potentially look at a defensive back with the No. 32 pick as an immediate and cheap replacement.
The potential odd man out is the speedy Woolen, who ESPN reports had a "weird" relationship with the team all season long and could be the one Seahawks free agent to benefit most from a change of scenery.
EDGE Boye Mafe
The secondary has a lot of fill-in pieces for this offseason, but if Seattle were to try to keep any group intact, it'd be the dominant front-line defense. Mafe was a major part of that with a breakout campaign in 2025.
The fourth-year edge rusher saw solid production in his rotational snaps, but due to the Seahawks depth across the defensive line, he may not be looked at as a priority signing.
Pass rush is always an area where teams may prefer to devote draft resources or veteran minimum contracts in free agency, and that could put Mafe in a tough spot.
All in all, with the Seahawks' fifth-largest cap budget going into the next league year, this re-signings could do them the most favors in building toward a repeat in 2026.