The NFL’s legal tampering window hasn’t even opened yet, but the Seattle Seahawks have already been busy over the last few days.
In the last week, general manager John Schneider and head coach Mike Macdonald have released wide receiver Tyler Lockett and traded quarterback Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders and wide receiver DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With all of these holes open on their roster, the Seahawks can use their $67.4 million in cap space (per Over the Cap) to start negotiating with pending free agents on Monday. Considering they need a new quarterback, USA Today’s Tyler Dragon recently listed the Seahawks as the perfect fit for free-agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
“The Seahawks don’t have a starting-caliber quarterback on their roster after trading away Geno Smith,” Dragon wrote. “Rodgers would be a solid bridge while Seattle searches for its quarterback of the future. The Seahawks have a pair of rising stars in wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Kenneth Walker III in the backfield.”
Rodgers, 41, was a first-round pick of the Green Bay Packers in 2005 after playing his college football at Butte and California, where he earned All-Pac-10 honors in his final season.
With the Packers, he won a Super Bowl, four NFL MVPs and a Super Bowl MVP while also earning All-Pro honors five times and Pro Bowl honors twice.
After the 2022 season, Green Bay sent Rodgers, a first-round pick and a fifth-round pick to the New York Jets for their first, second and sixth-round picks in 2023.
Rodgers’ tenure in New York didn’t go as planned, as he tore his Achilles four snaps into his first season and led the team to a 5-12 record and third-place finish in the AFC East.
In 17 games last year, he completed 63% of his passes for 3,897 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Pro Football Focus gave him a 77.8 overall grade, ranking him 18th among the 42 qualified NFL quarterbacks. He also earned a 76.3 passing grade (15th) and a 71.9 rushing grade (22nd).
He’s not going to play like the league MVP he used to be, but a full year removed from the Achilles injury, Rodgers could be more comfortable on the field in 2025, and Seattle may be able to capitalize on that.