Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Seattle Seahawks 2014 Free Agent Signings Analysis

The Seattle Seahawks do enough in the off season to win the NFC West?  The Seattle Seahawks in-depth analysis of the free agents signed and players lost for the 2014 NFL season. Will these additions help The Seattle Seahawks repeat as Super Bowl Champs in 2014?


 

The Seattle Seahawks obviously had the best 2013 but they will need some tweaking if they expect to defend their Lombardi trophy and revisit the Super Bowl. They finished 13-3 in the regular season and Pete Carroll has to be thinking about a 16-0 year. The Seattle Seahawks will have to find a way of losing star players as happens most times after getting to the pinnacle. I know with their own players contacts needing attention, they needed to make sure they have the money to sign QB Russell Wilson so I get why they were pedestrian in the free agency market and understand why they traded down in the draft. I do wonder why they didn't draft OG Xavier Su'a-Filo in the first round. He would have definitely been a great anchor for the interior which has always been a problem for the Seahawks. Read my article, 2014 Seattle Seahawks NFL Draft Report Card and Player Analysis and see why I think the Seahawks had an amazing 2014 draft day. They lost 11 players and only bagged 4 free agent signings but their draft and ability to develop talent will make up for the unbalanced free agency.

Players lost in the off season to other teams

  • Brandon Browner, CB--3rd season, signed by The New England Patriots

  • Red Bryant, DE--6th season, signed by The Jacksonville Jaguars

  • Chris Clemons, DE--10th season, signed by The Jacksonville Jaguars

  • Kellen Davis, TE--6th season, signed by The New York Giants

  • Breno Giacomini, T--6th season, signed by The New York Jets

  • Chris Maragos, FS--4th season, signed by The Philadelphia Eagles

  • Clinton McDonald, DT--5th season, signed by The Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Paul McQuistan, T--8th season, signed by The Cleveland Browns

  • Golden Tate, WR--4th season, signed by The Detroit Lions

  • Walter Thurmond, CB--4th season, signed by The New York Giants

  • Carson Wiggs, K--Rookie, signed by The Indianapolis Colts


Players signed in free agency from other teams

Can The Seattle Seahawks make it to the playoffs in 2014?

I don't see the Seahawks making it back to the Super Bowl. I don't think they will overcome the free agent losses and don't see them beating the San Francisco 49ers in the Playoffs. Only three teams in the last 20 have repeated winning the Super Bowl and only 8 since the game was introduced in 1967. I see the Seahawks finishing 10-6. They have a tough three game opener and a tough three game finish against 3 NFC West rivals. The opener at home against Green Bay, the next at San Diego and back home to replay the Super Bowl against Denver pose some serious issues. If they get off on the wrong foot, they easily could be staring at a 0-3 start, putting massive pressure on the middle of the schedule games. Their whole season rests on the first three games and that's where their free agent losses will be felt the most. Seattle is going to be in serious need of their 12th man against the Packers and the Broncos. Could be a long season for Seahawks fans. Before all the Seahawk fans get all crazy, understand this, Seattle is not even a .500 team over their entire franchise life, so the odds of them joining some of the true dynasties in a parity league is defying the odds massively.
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