> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # One Additional Move Would Have Seahawks Sitting Pretty For 2025 NFL Draft - URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/one-additional-move-seahawks-sitting-pretty-2025-nfl-draft/ - Published: 2025-03-15T17:35:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-08T06:00:19.000Z - Author: Corbin Smith - Tags: Seahawks, Teven Jenkins, Cooper Kupp, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Demarcus Lawrence, Sam Darnold, Josh Jones, Ernest Jones, Jarran Reed, NFL Free Agency, 2025 NFL Draft \[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="971"\] ![ Former Chicago Bears starting guard Teven Jenkins will head out to the Pacific Northwest to meet with the Seattle Seahawks on Monday. Credit: Teven Jenkins/Instagram ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1d/f2/1df2f77b-83dd-4bc0-a6d2-6d1bb5df89a3/content/images/2026/10/299974376_1129825887946148_8214113070994164663_n-format-original.jpg) Former Chicago Bears starting guard Teven Jenkins will head out to the Pacific Northwest to meet with the Seattle Seahawks on Monday. Credit: Teven Jenkins/Instagram \[/caption\] Future Super Bowl champions aren’t crowned based on the amount of money spent during the free agency period. But as the Philadelphia Eagles proved last season, supplemental moves to add to the roster can be all the difference between bowing out early in the postseason or missing the playoffs entirely and hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. Last spring, Philadelphia opened up the checkbook for running back Saquon Barkley right out of the gate in free agency, making a rare multi-year investment for a veteran ball carrier. The move paid major dividends as the former Penn State star eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards and captured AP Offensive Player of the Year honors, leading to an extension being signed last month as a reward for his efforts. The Eagles also took fliers on linebacker Zach Baun and guard Mekhi Becton after the initial wave of free agency ended, signing each of them to one-year contracts. Both players wound up being key catalysts to the franchise’s push for a Super Bowl championship, as Baun thrived in the middle of coordinator Vic Fangio’s defense and Becton resurrected his career after sliding inside. In the case of the Seahawks, general manager John Schneider has had to be a bit more aggressive plugging holes since the new league year started than the Eagles were a year ago out of necessity, inking Sam Darnold to a three-year, $100.5 million deal as a replacement for Geno Smith. But over the first three days of the free agency period, he has emulated his peer Howie Roseman looking for value signings on players who fit the team’s offensive and defensive schemes while reallocating money to other position groups. First, Seattle signed speedy receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling to a one-year deal worth up to $5.5 million. While the eighth-year pro isn’t going to replace DK Metcalf, who the team traded to Pittsburgh, his presence could help offset the star’s exit in the aggregate due to his ability to stretch the field as a vertical threat, evidenced by his league-best 17.4 yards per reception since 2018 and 13 career touchdowns of 20-plus yards. At a fraction of the cost, he can at least provide some big play fireworks and help open up room to operate underneath for rising star Jaxon Smith-Njigba. On Friday, the Seahawks continued to overhaul their receiving corps, dishing out a three-year, $45 million contract for former Rams star Cooper Kupp, bringing the Yakima native back to his home state. While that price tag may seem expensive for a player who has battled injuries the past three seasons, he still had more receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns than Tyler Lockett did last season playing in five fewer games, and he remains a reliable chain moving possession receiver who should fit coordinator Klint Kubiak’s scheme quite well. Between Kupp and Valdes-Scantling, Seattle will have $20 million at most invested in the two players in 2025, a major difference from the $60-plus million in cap hits that were scheduled to be on the books for Metcalf and Lockett a month ago. They also added a second and third-round pick through the Smith and Metcalf trades, providing more day two ammunition to potentially acquire another talented receiver on a four-year rookie contract. Considering the amount of money saved with Darnold, Kupp, and Valdes-Scantling coming on board at less than Smith, Metcalf, and Lockett would have been making next season coupled with reasonable extensions for linebacker Ernest Jones and defensive tackle Jarran Reed, Schneider was able to turn around and hand some of that money to ex-Cowboys defensive end Demarcus Lawrence, further solidifying one of the Seahawks biggest strengths with another quality veteran. With $18 million in guarantees, a three-year, $42 million contract likely is a one or two-year pact with affordable cap hits, making the signing a shrewd one well worth the risk for an aging player coming off injury. At this stage of the offseason, the talent well has dried up significantly, and the majority of teams have transitioned into bargain shopping mode. The Seahawks still have plenty of work left to do refurbishing their new-look roster on offense, however, including shoring up one of the NFL’s worst offensive lines from a year ago, evidenced by the fact they swung and missed trying to sign guard Will Fries, only for him to wind up taking a five-year, $88 million deal with the Vikings. As Schneider indicated on his latest interview on Seattle Sports 710, Seattle won’t throw the same money offered to Fries to a lesser player, as overspending on inferior talent gets teams into trouble this time of year. But they will continue to seek out value in the trenches, starting with a free agent visit scheduled with former Bears guard Teven Jenkins on Monday. Similar to Kupp, Jenkins has batted numerous injuries over the past several seasons, missing at least three games in all four of his years as a pro. But he just turned 27 years old earlier this month and when healthy, he has performed at a quality level, posting at least a 71.0 run blocking grade and 97.4 pass block efficiency rating from Pro Football Focus each of the past three seasons. A converted tackle, he has the athleticism to handle Kubiak’s wide zone-centric scheme and with a clean bill of health, he’s a clear upgrade over what the team had on the roster a year ago. At the same time, due to his durability concerns, Jenkins shouldn’t be fetching a massive contract either. Signing him to a one or two-year deal with incentives and no more than $10 to $12 million in guarantees would be the type of low risk, high reward contract that the Eagles did with Baun and Becton a year ago, offering a great opportunity for the player to outperform expectations and bounce back from a disappointing start to his career in Chicago. And if he doesn’t rebound as hoped with a change of scenery, his signing would not preclude the Seahawks from drafting a guard early next month, creating a healthy competition next summer to help spark significant improvements up front. Even with Jenkins being far from a guaranteed success signing, he’s now the best free agent guard available on the market following Becton’s signing with the Chargers, and the Seahawks would be putting the cherry on top of a quality free agent period if he’s deemed healthy and they can lock him up at a reasonable price. In terms of maximizing their salary cap space, it would be a vast improvement over 2020 when the front office seemed to turn $68 million into a pile of cash to light on fire in a warehouse with them actually adding both young talent and proven difference makers with that financial flexibility. Signing Jenkins would be the last domino to fall that sets Schneider and the front office up well to truly attack the upcoming draft with a best player available lens, ensuring they would not have to force the issue reaching for a need at guard, receiver, or even a quarterback with their abundance of top-100 pick resources. From that point, any additional signings by Seattle would be merely for role players in the veteran minimum realm, whether in the form of a fullback, a depth cornerback/safety with special teams upside, or a rotational nose tackle, making what started as a turbulent offseason into a potentially strong one for the franchise as they look to get back into contention in 2025.