How are Seattle Seahawks Spending Their Money in the NFL?
Seattle Seahawks are a member team of the National Football Conference (NFC) West of the National Football League (NFL), which they joined in 2002. In 1976, the squad joined the NFL as an expansion team. The Seahawks are the only club to have been in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games. They have won 10 divisional championships and three conference crowns.
The Seahawks have advanced to three Super Bowls, losing 28-24 to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX after winning Super Bowl XLVIII after defeating the Denver Broncos 43-8, and losing 21-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL.
The “12th Man” is the term used to refer to all Seahawks supporters. Within a few months, the team’s supporters twice broke the Guinness World Record for the highest crowd noise at a sporting event. The first time, 136.6 decibels were recorded during a game versus the San Francisco 49ers in September 2013.
Seattle Seahawks – Spending in NFL
| Position | Cap Hit (in millions) | League Rank | League Average (in millions) | Differential (in millions) | Percentage of Total Cap | League Average Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | $5.85 | 28 | $19.5 | $-13.65 | 3.23% | 9.5% |
| RB/FB | $18.1 | 5 | $11.8 | $6.3 | 9.99% | 5.75% |
| TE | $9.4 | 19 | $11.1 | $-1.7 | 5.19% | 5.41% |
| WR | $23 | 15 | $23.9 | $-0.9 | 12.7% | 11.65% |
| OL | $28.28 | 29 | $37.5 | $-9.22 | 15.61% | 18.27% |
| DL | $33.31 | 16 | $34 | $-0.69 | 18.39% | 16.57% |
| LB | $16.68 | 24 | $25.3 | $-8.62 | 9.21% | 12.33% |
| DBs | $35.97 | 11 | $35.6 | $0.37 | 19.86% | 17.35% |
| ST | $10.54 | 2 | $6.5 | $4.04 | 5.82% | 3.17% |
| Total | $181.13 | 30 | $205.2 | $-24.07 | ||
| Dead Money | $46.02 | 5 | $21.99 | $24.03 | ||
| Cap Space | $16.77 | 8 | $12.66 | $4.11 |
We’re tracking every significant signing, trade, and release of the 2022 offseason in the NFL, which has already begun. After the start of the next league season, free-agent signings can become official. The Seahawks approached the free agency in 2022 in a very different circumstance than they had for most of the previous ten years: they had plenty of money to spend.
According to ESPN‘s roster management statistics, the Seahawks have the fourth-most cap space of any club, but the Wilson deal last week and whatever level of reconstruction that signifies raise doubts about how active they will be in the free-agent market. Younger players in the draught would take precedence over expensive experienced arrivals in March in a serious rebuild.
